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 current number of dwellings on this estate is 189 with 60, almost a third, in Harcourt Way and the next largest number, 32, in Hunsbury Hill Avenue. The proposed development is for 71 new dwellings, a 37.6% increase in numbers. I understand that about 25 of these (35%) will be ‘affordable’ and are likely to […]

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If you watch the webcast of November’s meeting of the full County Council, I think you would be very angry when St James is discussed. Since my election as your County Councillor in May, residents have told me repeatedly – through surveys, FOCUS replies, residents’ meetings and phone calls – that they are worried about […]

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Hunsbury Hill Avenue Development Exhibition

by Jill Hope on 18 November, 2013

Residents in the Hunsbury Hill Avenue area off Danes Camp Way have been notified by Bloor Homes of an exhibition of their proposals on Thursday, 28 November. It is understood that Bloor Homes are planning to develop part of the site which they own off Harcourt Way. The development may also affect properties off Hunsbury […]

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An application has been made by Bovis Homes for 380 homes in East Hunsbury, roughly located adjacent to the west side of Collingtree village and Windingbrook Lane on the eastern side. This forms part of the proposal to develop a total of around 1,000 homes, with another developer perhaps building a few hundred more at […]

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Pizza Problems in St James

by Jill Hope on 21 September, 2013

PEOPLE LIVING IN BOWDEN ROAD, ST JAMES, complained to the FOCUS team about the Pizza Hut takeaway at the end of their road. Only the first few houses in the road were informed of the planning application. Those living further into the cul-de-sac didn’t know and didn’t spot the planning notice on the nearest lamppost. They […]

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What next for the St James bus garage?

by Jill Hope on 1 August, 2013

LOCAL RESIDENTS in St James are talking about what might become of the massive bus garage, now that it has been announced that First Bus Company is in negotiation with the unions to pull out of Northampton altogether in September 2013. The company is now only operating two bus routes in Northampton, and these are […]

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How soon they forget!

by Jill Hope on 28 July, 2013

I’M TALKING ABOUT the St James floods in April 1998. Today a walkabout with St James Residents’ Association (SJRA) identified 24 blocked drains. Several with trees growing in them! I have reported it to the county council and will be demanding quick action. STOP PRESS Sunday, 11 August: I inspected the area in the morning […]

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This meeting will be held at the Guildhall in St Giles Street. If you wish to address the committee in person you must register by 12 noon on the day of the meeting. To do so, telephone the Meeting Services Officer on 01604 837722 or email: [email protected] – late representations will not be heard.

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Re: Application No N/2013/0194 Planning application for additional use of lift tower for abseiling at the national lift tower, Tower Square. As county councillor for the area where the lift tower estate is located, I am writing to express the concerns of local residents about the planning application detailed above, under the extended consultation as […]

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Shock at new Parish Council tax

by Jill Hope on 1 June, 2013

On May 16 I had a fascinating experience. I went to the first ever West Hunsbury Parish Council meeting (which falls in my County Council Division of Sixfields). This is the parish council that most residents didn’t want – including almost all the elected councillors. Most of the candidates that said they wanted a parish […]

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