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Your views on parking options and tackling anti-social behaviour at Northampton Racecourse

We are asking people to give their views on parking and anti-social behaviour at Northampton Racecourse, Kettering Road, Northampton to help us put new plans in place to address the issues. Background The Racecourse in Northampton is situated roughly a mile from the town centre and boasts a number of sports pitches (including changing facilities), a few playgrounds and is generally a very popular destination for sports and recreation, as well as some planned events. ...

Have your say on our Draft Tenancy Policy

We are consulting on the West Northamptonshire draft Tenancy Policy which applies to all council tenants in West Northamptonshire. Background In April 2024, The Regulator of Social Housing introduced new rules called Consumer Standards for Social Housing Landlords in England. One key rule, the Tenancy Standard, needs every Registered Provider of Social Housing to publish easy to understand policies about how they manage tenancies. ...

West Haddon Housing Needs Survey

West Northamptonshire Council is conducting a housing needs survey in your area, and you are invited to take part. Housing needs surveys are completed to help identify current and future housing need at a local level. Information collected from the surveys helps the council to understand and work towards improving the housing supply to meet those needs and looks at whether the area needs market housing, affordable housing, or both. The last West Haddon Housing Needs Survey was...

Have your say on the way Sexual Health and Reproductive Services are delivered

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) and Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) plan to form a formal partnership , to allow NHFT to provide Sexual and Reproductive Health services on the council’s behalf from April 2025. This legal agreement helps the council and NHS providers to work together to improve services. The agreement is called a section 75. It is a legal partnership between local authorities and NHS providers, allowing them...

Consultation on school admission arrangements for September 2026 intakes

All admission authorities are required to formally publicly consult if they want to make any changes to their schools’ admission arrangements for the following school year. They also have to consult on their schools’ admission arrangements at least once every 7 years, even if there have been no changes during that period. West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) co-ordinates an annual school admissions consultation on behalf of all schools in the council area, regardless of who the...

Polling District and Polling Place Review 2024

We are carrying out a review of polling districts and polling places that are used across West Northamptonshire. All local authorities must undertake a review of all polling districts and polling places used for election purposes every five years. A polling district is a geographical area which is used for election purposes only. All people that live in a certain polling district all go to the same building called a polling place to give or cast their votes at a...

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Local area planning consultations

Public Spaces Protection Orders

Public Spaces Protection Order consultation for Jeyes Jetty Northampton

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is considering whether to renew a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to close the highway known as Jeyes Jetty. A PSPO...

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Public Spaces Protection Order consultation for Dunster Street Northampton

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is considering whether to renew a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to close the highway known as Dunster Street. ...

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Closed activities

Below you can find some of the activities that we have run over the last year which are now closed. Take a look at the feedback you gave, and the next steps we are taking to make a difference.

Crick Housing Needs Survey

West Northamptonshire Council is conducting a housing needs survey in your area, and you are invited to take part. Housing needs surveys are completed to help identify current and future housing need at a local level. Information collected from the surveys helps the council to understand and work towards improving the housing supply to meet those needs and looks at whether the area needs market housing, affordable housing, or both. The last Crick Housing Needs Survey was carried out...

Welcome back to Northampton Market Square - feedback survey

During the weekend of 19 and 20 October 2024 Northampton Market Square officially reopened. We would love your feedback to help us improve future events. Northampton Market Square welcomed people to its official reopening to browse the market stalls and to celebrate and mark the opening with a weekend of family entertainment, live music, and delicious food and drink offerings. The event attracted many visitors and supported traders, our Northampton-based businesses, and the...

Calling all Northamptonshire pharmacies - we need your views

North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council Public Health teams are completing some important research and gathering information to support the development of Pharmaceutical Needs Assessments (PNAs). This will help to identify unmet needs, improvements or better access to pharmacies. Your feedback will tell us where contractors are already contributing to meeting people’s needs and can help us and other commissioners meet the needs of the population in the future. ...

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We asked, you said, we did

Read our responses to your feedback:

We asked

From 8 July to 18 August 2024 we carried out a consultation on a new Tenancy Strategy.

The strategy provides the approach that all registered providers of social housing, also known as housing associations, need to follow for their own tenancy policies.

The aim of this activity was to give everyone a chance to provide their views on the objectives of the Tenancy Strategy and preference for tenure types, for example introductory tenancies and secure tenancies.

You said

In total 90 responses were received.

Overall the majority of respondents agreed with the new Tenancy Strategy particularly with the 2 key questions in the survey:

  • 92% of respondents agreed with the key objectives of the Tenancy Strategy. 2% neither agreed or disagreed. Of those that disagreed (6%), comments concerned matters not related to tenure.
  • 67% of respondents agreed with the Council’s preference for the Council and Registered Providers to offer new social housing tenants a 12 month introductory or starter tenancy that converts to a lifetime tenancy once the introductory period is over and that Fixed term tenancies should only be used in exceptional circumstances (14% neither agreed or disagreed). Of those that disagreed, comments included suggestions on shorter term tenancies (6), tenancy management tools (2), further clarity for new and existing tenants.  Others (3) did not answer the question or could not be considered as did not refer to this consultation. 

We did

The findings from the consultation show a strong support for the proposed new Tenancy Strategy. We considered all the responses to identify what changes were needed and amended the strategy accordingly.

The Tenancy Strategy was amended to provide further clarity in relation to the introductory period for new tenants and existing tenants who already hold a secure or assured tenancy.

The final strategy was adopted by Cabinet Tuesday 8th October 2024, see Agenda item 6 Tenancy Strategy, Cabinet decision.

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