Have your say on the draft West Northamptonshire Local Transport Plan

Closes 17 Oct 2024

Opened 25 Jul 2024

Overview

We are developing West Northamptonshire’s Local Transport Plan (LTP). The LTP sets out our vision on maintaining and improving all aspects of local transport up to 2045. We are now seeking your views on our draft LTP.

What is a Local Transport Plan?

A LTP is a statutory document that sets out the transportation needs, challenges, and priorities for a local area. It provides the medium to long-term strategic direction for maintaining and improving all aspects of local transport with initial focus on the next five years.

A LTP sets out council’s objectives, policies and goals in relation to future transport schemes, network management and how people will use the transport links to get to and from work, socialise, access education and services.

Introduction to the draft West Northamptonshire Local Transport Plan 

The LTP, the first to be developed by West Northamptonshire Council, supports the Council’s Vision: to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive.

The LTP sets out our long-term strategy for maintaining and improving all aspects of local transport, supporting our commitment to tackle the climate challenge and to be Net Zero by 2045.  

The LTP has been developed with key stakeholders and sets out 16 policy areas and a programme of interventions, with a particular focus on the actions and approaches which are needed over the next five years.

The Plan ensures that other transport related policies and ambitions are working together and effectively towards our LTP Vision.

Our Vision for the LTP looks to the future and describes our overarching ambition for what transport will be like in West Northamptonshire by 2045.

Why your views matter

This consultation is your opportunity to give us feedback on the vision, objectives and policies and list of schemes contained in the draft LTP.  

We welcome comments from members of the public, statutory consultees, landowners, developers, businesses, community groups, local organisations and other stakeholders and all other interested parties.

Related Documentation

The following documents open in a new window:

Documents will also be available to view as hard copies in libraries across West Northamptonshire from 26 August 2024. 

Libraries that will have this detail

The following libraries will have copies of the above documents available to view in person:

  • Brackley
  • Brixworth
  • Daventry
  • Deanshanger
  • Duston
  • Hunsbury
  • Northamptonshire Central Library
  • Towcester
  • Weston Favell
  • Abington
  • Long Buckby
  • Middleton Cheney
  • Moulton
  • Roade
  • St James
  • Woodford Halse
  • Wootton

How to have your say 

You can have your say on the draft Plan by completing an online survey using the ’Give us your views’ link at the bottom of this page.  

The survey is split into sections. You do not have to complete each section of this consultation if you do not want to. Once you have finished all the sections you wish to complete, please ensure you return to the content page and select ‘Finish’. 

If you need assistance to complete the online questionnaire, would like a copy of it in another format, or respond via an alternative method our contact details are as follows:

Email address: localtransportplan@westnorthants.gov.uk

Telephone: 0300 126 7000

Postal address:

  • Transport Planning – Draft Local Transport Plan
  • West Northamptonshire Council
  • The Guildhall 
  • St Giles' Street
  • Northampton
  • NN1 1DE

This consultation ends 23:59 Thursday 17 October 2024

Drop-in sessions

The consultation period includes a number of in-person and virtual drop-in sessions, where a presentation will be given followed by a question and answer session. If you are interested in attending one of the virtual drop-in sessions, please email LocalTransportPlan@westnorthants.gov.uk and you will be sent the joining instructions.

The details of the in person and virtual sessions are as follows:

Location Date Time
Daventry: Daventry Market, High Street, Daventry Tuesday 13 August 2024 From 9am to noon

Brackley: Brackley Market, The Piazza, Market Place, Brackley

Friday 16 August 2024

From 9am to noon

Virtual drop-in, MS Teams Wednesday 21 August 2024 From 10am to 11:30am
Northampton: Grosvenor Shopping Centre, Northampton Thursday 22 August 2024 From 9am to noon
Virtual drop-in, MS Teams Monday 23 September 2024 From 10am to 11:30am
Towcester: Towcester Farmers Market, Sponne Arcade Car Park, Richmond Road, Towcester Friday 11 October 2024 From 9am to noon

 

What happens next?

Following the consultation, all feedback received will be considered and will help shape the final Plan. The final LTP will be placed before Cabinet and Full Council in early 2025 for consideration and formal adoption.

For information about how consultation and engagement responses are managed, please see the consultation and engagement privacy notice.

Give us your views

Events

  • Daventry Local Transport Plan drop-in session

    From 13 Aug 2024 at 09:00 to 13 Aug 2024 at 12:00

    Being held at Daventry Market, High Street, Daventry

  • Brackley Local Transport Plan drop-in session

    From 16 Aug 2024 at 09:00 to 16 Aug 2024 at 12:00

    Being held at Brackley Market, The Piazza, Market Place, Brackley

  • Virtual drop-in being held on MS Teams

    From 21 Aug 2024 at 10:00 to 21 Aug 2024 at 11:30

    If you are interested in attending a virtual drop in, please email LocalTransportPlan@westnorthants.gov.uk and you will be sent the joining instructions.

  • Northampton Local Transport Plan drop-in session

    From 22 Aug 2024 at 09:00 to 22 Aug 2024 at 12:00

    Being held at Northampton Market, Commercial Street, Northampton

  • Virtual drop-in being held on MS Teams

    From 23 Sep 2024 at 10:00 to 23 Sep 2024 at 11:30

    If you are interested in attending a virtual drop in, please email LocalTransportPlan@westnorthants.gov.uk and you will be sent the joining instructions.

  • Towcester Local Transport Plan drop-in session

    From 11 Oct 2024 at 09:00 to 11 Oct 2024 at 12:00

    Being held at Towcester Farmers Market, Richmond Road, Towcester

Interests

  • Consultations
  • Planning and building control