NORTHAMPTONSHIRE County Council cuts up to 900 jobs, turns off half the street lights, drops bus subsidies, scraps lollipop men and women…..but it has managed to find £2m for council leader Jim Harker’s vanity project – the Northamptonshire Enterprise Partnership (NEP). The county council’s bid for a Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) was rejected by the […]

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 […]

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 […]

“As I travel around West Hunsbury it’s obvious from the type of traffic I see in Ladybridge Drive and Hunsbury Hill Road that the ‘Local Access Only’ signs are simply not working. Here’s an example of a truck in Ladybridge Drive seen earlier in February” says Jill Hope “What is needed in Hunsbury are 7.5 […]

JILL HOPE COMMENTS: “When I was a Borough Councillor for West Hunsbury I campaigned long and hard for the roundabout that was finally built at the junction of Ladybridge Drive and Towcester Road, because of repeated accidents there. December 2010 saw a serious multi-vehicle pile-up at the junction of Towcester Road and Rowtree Road. I […]