Help us amplify the future of Greyfriars’ Northampton by answering our survey!
At the crossroads between the Market Square and Roadmender, between the Cultural Quarter and the Racecourse, Greyfriars sits empty. A piece of Northampton that is calling out to be revamped into a meaningful open space, a neighbourhood for all.
Background
The area known as Greyfriars is situated at the heart of Northampton Town Centre.
It has been identified through the Council’s Masterplan...More
West Northamptonshire Council is now consulting on proposed term dates for Community and Voluntary Controlled schools for the 2025-26 academic year.
The consultation will run from Monday 4 December 2023 to Sunday 31 December 2023.
Please note that Academies, Free, Foundation and Voluntary Aided schools can set their own term dates, although they may choose to adopt those used by the local authority.
The proposed term dates are as follows:
Autumn term 2025
Monday 1...More
We are looking to introduce a Northampton Town Centre Environmental Policy. This will help enhance the town centre by helping with the overall cleanliness and amenity and set out the way that businesses handle their commercial waste.
Your views will help us gather public opinion, shape parts of the policy that are to do with waste from businesses in the town centre and help us to understand if there are any obstacles that businesses face in respect of their waste.
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West Northamptonshire Council is working on the development of a comprehensive tree strategy to help us manage trees more effectively, as well as to set our vision and action plan for the future treescape of West Northamptonshire.
The Tree Strategy will support the goals of the Council’s Corporate Plan and provide a clear framework for strategic and operational decision making across West Northamptonshire Council, our partners and the wider community. We’d like to ensure...More
We are responsible for electoral and governance arrangements within the area, these include town and parish boundaries, the number of town and parish councillors, arrangements for wards, and meetings of groups and parish councils.
Background
Following government and Local Government Boundary Commission for England guidance, we carried out a review this summer (2023) to seek requests from parishes who wanted to make certain changes to their parish arrangements.
The feedback...More
We are reviewing the current and future usage of the residential care service at Ridgway House in Towcester which is wholly-owned by the Council.
West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) wants to be able to ensure it is in a position to offer high quality care which continues to meet the changing needs of its residents both now and in the future.
The home has 35 rooms, however, the first floor is not accessible to people with care and support needs and subsequently the...More
Throughout October and November the Northamptonshire Children's Trust are seeking views on a proposed new way of delivering activities and respite (short breaks) for disabled children in Northamptonshire.
Please watch the below short video that explains what the services are and the suggested changes.
You’re considered disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your...More
West Northamptonshire Council is seeking views from unpaid carers as part of the development of a new, ambitious carers strategy aimed to enhance the lives of caregivers in our vibrant community.
A carer is a person of any age who provides unpaid help and support to a relative, partner, friend or neighbour, of any age, who has an illness or long-term condition and cannot manage without the carers help.
We want to hear thoughts, insights and feedback from all unpaid carers in West...More
West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is considering whether to renew a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to close the highway known as Dunster Street.
A PSPO allows councils to impose restrictions on the use of specific areas. A PSPO can deal with persistent and unreasonable nuisances and anti-social behaviour that has a detrimental effect on the quality of life for the local community in a particular area....More
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 allows councils to impose restrictions on the use of specific areas. A PSPO can deal with persistent and unreasonable nuisances and anti-social behaviour that has a detrimental effect on the quality of life for the local community in a particular area. They intend to help ensure that the...More
All admission authorities are required to formally 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 admission...More
We are developing a new interim bus policy, and we would like your view on the priorities we have identified.
The feedback we receive from this will help us to shape the interim bus policy and feed into the development of a future Local Transport Plan.
Background
West Northamptonshire Council supports several local bus services , works with community transport operators to enable connectivity in rural areas, and supports the...More
We hope you have enjoyed West Northamptonshire Heritage Open Days. If you are happy to share your experiences with us, please complete this survey to help us to make West Northamptonshire Heritage Open Days even better for next year.
The data will only be used for the purpose of this consultation and will not be passed on to a third party. Any information given to us is treated as confidential, and your personal information will not be shared with event organisers.
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September is Preparedness Month and as part of the national #30Days30WaysUK campaign we run an annual survey to find out how prepared people are for emergencies that may happen.
Since 2015, the 30Days30WaysUK campaign aims to inspire and empower people to be more ‘emergency ready’.
This short survey has its roots in the 2008 ‘place survey’ across all local authorities in England and the 2013 ‘How Prepared Are You’ survey in Northamptonshire. It also takes inspiration...More
We would like your views on how we propose to continue to develop our libraries as thriving community hubs, guided by the priorities we have identified, ensuring we support people of all ages and backgrounds.
Background
There are 18 Libraries across West Northamptonshire, the council are responsible for 9 of these and the rest are community managed libraries delivered in partnership with community organisations and volunteers.
We have drafted a Library Service Strategy...More
Serious violence affects many communities. The impact can be life changing, whether you are a victim or a witness. Have you been affected by serious violence in the last year? If so, we would like to know about the experience you and your family may have had, as well as the issues affecting your community.
Background
Legislation called the Serious Violence Duty was introduced in January 2023.
The Serious Violence Duty requires organisations across the public sector...More
We are consulting on renewing the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for Daventry to help tackle nuisance or problem behaviour.
A PSPO can deal with persistent and unreasonable nuisances and anti-social behaviour that has a negative effect on the quality of life for the local community in a particular area and intend to help ensure that members of the public and local communities can use and enjoy open areas and public spaces, helping to make Daventry a safe place to live, work, and...More
West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is considering whether to renew a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to close the highway known as Marble Arch.
A PSPO allows councils to impose restrictions on the use of specific areas. A PSPO can deal with persistent and unreasonable nuisances and anti-social behaviour that has a detrimental effect on the quality of life for the local community in a particular area. They...More
West Northamptonshire Council is conducting a housing needs survey in Brixworth. If you have a connection to Brixworth, such as you live there, have family or work there, we would like to hear from you.
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...More
West Northamptonshire Council Children and Young People’s Services are looking to gather feedback on peoples’ thoughts on how those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are funded. We are also keen to explore the level of understanding around SEND funding.
Background
The council supports children and young people up to the age of 25 that have SEND. Education settings (early years settings, mainstream schools, SEND units within mainstream schools and further...More
West Northants Council manages over 160 parks and open spaces. Parks and open spaces provide vital opportunities for recreation, contributing to the physical and mental health of the people of West Northamptonshire as well as being important for habitats, supporting local wildlife and biodiversity.
We would like to know your thoughts on certain major parks that exist in West Northamptonshire. If you would like to comment on more than one park, please complete a separate survey for...More
We are consulting on a draft West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) Housing Allocation Scheme.
Every local housing authority is required by law to have a housing allocations policy (or scheme) which determines how available social housing is allocated to those on the housing register. Whilst much of a policy is in accordance with legislation, guidance and regulations, the council is able to shape certain areas of the policy to address certain local needs. This includes detail about:
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West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) is considering whether to make a new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) to temporarily close off a pedestrian route in Northampton town centre, in order to help control anti-social behaviour .
A PSPO allows councils to impose restrictions on the use of specific areas. A PSPO can deal with persistent and unreasonable nuisances and anti-social...More
We are consulting on renewing the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) for Northampton to help tackle nuisance or problem behaviour.
A PSPO can deal with persistent and unreasonable nuisances and anti-social behaviour that has a negative effect on the quality of life for the local community in a particular area and intend to help ensure that members of the public and local communities can use and enjoy open areas and public spaces, helping to make Northampton a safe place to live,...More
The West Northamptonshire Health and Wellbeing Board invites you to feedback on the proposed new Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for West Northamptonshire for 2023 to 2028.
This challenging new strategy sets out how, in West Northamptonshire, we will work together as a partnership and with residents to improve health outcomes for local people.
The proposed West Northamptonshire Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy has been developed together with NHS...More
West Northamptonshire Council is undertaking an 8-week consultation on the Draft Street Trading Policy 2023.
The Council is responsible for regulating street trading in the West Northants area including:
Providing Street Trading Consent to traders wishing to sell goods from designated streets (or consent streets)
Preventing illegal trading across the area
West Northants the Council is keen to engage with all stakeholders to develop the Street Trading Policy that will...More
We are developing a Resources and Waste Strategy that will set out our long-term plan of action, and how we intend to achieve further improvements to align with and meet proposed Government waste policy changes.
We are asking for your views about all the waste and street cleansing services that we operate. Your views will help us shape the overall West Northamptonshire Resources and Waste Strategy for residents using household waste collection services.
Background
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The LGBCE (Local Government Boundary Commission for England) have been conducting a ward boundary review for West Northamptonshire Council. The Boundary Commission will publish their final report on 1 August.
For more information about the ward boundary review for West Northamptonshire Council please visit the LGCBE website - West Northamptonshire | LGBCE
These changes will impact on some parish councils whose boundaries, as a result of the review, will no longer align...More
As part of a Government support package to help families in the school holidays, West Northamptonshire Council gives supermarket vouchers to parents, guardians, and carers of children who get free school meals. These vouchers are sent out from the school.
We want to understand how important this service is to people who receive this help. We also need to know how well this service works, and if we can make it better.
This short survey should take around 5...More
West Northamptonshire Council is reviewing conservation areas in the Daventry Area, as well as considering new designations. A draft appraisal and management plan has been prepared for the Scaldwell Conservation Area.
We would like to hear the views of residents, the community and all other stakeholders on the draft appraisal and management plan.
Before providing your comments, please read the draft appraisal and view a map of the proposed conservation area boundary by...More