Social Value Ideas for West Northamptonshire Council

Kislingbury housing refused

Members refused the 58-dwelling scheme at Beach Lane, Kislingbury. The refusal was grounded in harm to countryside character, design/layout issues, noise from Hall Farm, ecological concerns relating t…

“The recommendation is for refusal. There are several reasons, for this reason. Due to the harm to the character and appearance, of the countryside, d…”

850-home Grange Park scheme

A major residential scheme was considered for land south and east of Grange Park, with associated infrastructure and planning obligations. The application sought outline permission for up to 850 dwell…

“Okay, sorry about that, chair. Thank you. So, item five is an application for major residential development on land south and east of Graange Park. Th…”

Maple Close exception site approved

The committee approved the 100% affordable housing scheme at Maple Close, Brinston, on an exception-site basis, with a section 106 agreement securing the homes in perpetuity and securing public open s…

“Speaker 20: The application site lies in the Eastern edge of Bronson Village, which is such a secondary service village. And oops. I'll just start aga…”

119 Holly Road flats conversion

The committee approved converting a dwelling into two self-contained flats after revised plans reduced the upper flat from four bedrooms to three and added a living room. A major issue was whether a b…

“The proposal is to create uh two flats, a ground floor flat which will have uh two bedrooms and a first floor flat that will have three bedrooms with …”

Dington 169-home parcel

A reserve matters application for 169 dwellings at Dington Grange was approved, with 19 affordable homes and supporting landscaping, parking, EV charging and PV panels. Officers said the scheme compli…

“Today we're considering a reserve matters application for access appearance landscaping layout and scale for the construction of 169 dwellings as show…”

Children’s Trust overspend

The finance update reported a council-wide net cost of services pressure of £24m, with £18m of that linked to the Children’s Trust. The trust is forecasting a worst-case £30m countywide overspend, and…

“Speaker 11: So we've... Services have reported in combination, that we have a a a net cost of services pressure of £24,000,000. That £24,000,000 is be…”

Children's Trust budget rises to £200.8m

The council set a £200.8m budget for Northampton Children's Trust, driven by 6% client growth and more than 20% growth in nursing care demand. This is one of the largest service budgets and will susta…

“200.8 million goes to the Northampton Children's Trust, an increase driven by genuine need, including 6% growth in the number of clients and with serv…”

Illegal tobacco seized

Police evidence described a test purchase followed by a search that recovered 464 packets of cigarettes and 17 pouches of hand-rolled tobacco. The estimated value of the seized goods was stated to be …

“Uh, and the service was an operation to tackle tackle the supply of legal illegal tobacco and vaping products. Uh, test purchase was conducted. Uh, in…”

Repeated illicit tobacco sales

Officers reported repeated test purchases and storage of illicit tobacco products linked to the premises and a vehicle outside the shop. Evidence included counterfeit, non-duty-paid, and cheap whites …

“On Wednesday, the 25th March this year, officers working in partnership with the police and trading standards attended Eurostar, 202 Wellingborough Ro…”