Consultation Meetings on new Dragon Mounds Wednesday 10th March 4.30pm – 7.00pm The Picturedrome, Kettering Road 7.30pm – 9.00pm Leicester Street Community Rooms Come along and have your say Following last year’s consultation meetings with local residents about plans for a ‘dragon mound’ play area at the Barrack Road end of The Racecourse the Friends […]

Work is progressing well with new play facilities. The Planning Committee unanimously backed the planning application, which will allow for one particularly tall piece of play equipment, which will be set in the dip and close to the trees. It is expected that the play ground will be open in April to allow time for […]

People in Northampton will have the chance to get involved in deciding how the Borough Council spends money on services. Northampton Borough Council is inviting local people to discuss its proposed budget at: The Guildhall, Northampton on 4 February from 6.30pm. Neighbourhood Partnership 8 meeting held at Barry Road School, on Wednesday 3 February from […]

The 7 different consultation events that were held during October concerning play space on The Racecourse resulted in 203 people completing surveys, including 72 children & young people aged 6-13 yrs.  Apart from 3 people who had concerns about any new play space at all being provided, everyone else recorded their support and enthusiasm for the new play space with […]

Richard attended a meeting organised by Labour MP Sally Keeble at Kingsley Primary School on Saturday. He hadn’t been invited, but since it was discussing the future of the County Council owned Raeburn Special School, it seemed approprite that the County Councillor for the area may be able to help. It was made clear to Andrew Simpson that […]

Using the mobile speed gun purchased using Richard Church’s Councillor empowerment fund, the Police have targetted Kettering Rd, Kingsley Rd, The Drive and Hazeldene Rd to tackle nuisance and danger caused by speeding traffic in residential areas. So far, nearly 90 vehicles have been found to be over the 30mph speed limit. 16 of these were […]

Heritage Open days this year are turning into a heritage open weekend with historic places all over Northampton open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 11th-13th September. In Kingley St Matthews Church will open on Friday 11th September noon-2pm, Saturday 12th 10am-4pm and Sunday noon-4.40pm. The School of Art at the University on St. George’s Avenue will also be open […]

I will be joining Northampton Borough Council’s housing team in an estate walkabout in Kingsley next Tuesday (8 September). The walkabouts give residents the chance to meet and let their housing officers know about environmental issues that are concerning them to make the area a better place to live. Residents interested in taking part are asked […]

Door to door glass collections for recycling are to be extended to all homes which do not have wheelie bins, but have black sack collections. This will include streets like Poets Corner and Holly Rd. Earlier this year over 65,000 households in Northampton received new black glass recycling boxes and over 700 tones of glass was […]

Friends of the Raceourse have successfully bid for £49,000 for a new play area for 8-13 year old young people. The plan is for imaginative and challenging new play facilities which blend in to the landscape. Over the Summer the Friends group will be talking to young people as well as older people to seek […]