Jill Hope

Northamptonshire County Councillor for Sixfields - a Lib Dem campaigner working all year round, not just at election time Learn more

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The truth about Northampton Market

by Jill Hope on 1 March, 2011

PEOPLE talk about how great Northampton market, on one of the largest market squares in England, was in the past. The local paper has, for the last four years, been bombarded with letters criticising the borough council for the market’s decline. This is since the LibDems took control of the borough council in 2007 – […]

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The Inspector of the Public Inquiry held in October 2010 published his report in December. He has concluded that the site can remain in the County Council’s Minerals Local Plan as an allocated site for soft sand extraction. The site is between Milton Malsor and Collingtree and lies on a triangular site between the south-west […]

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A new recycling facility at the old sewage works in Blisworth (next to Young’s nursery) is set to process 25,000 tonnes of waste every year. That means 25,000 tonnes in, and 25,000 tonnes out. The facility was strongly opposed by Blisworth and Milton Malsor Parish Councils, as well as residents in West Hunsbury. The facility […]

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