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West Northants Town & Parish Briefing - Latest Edition
Please find below a link to the latest edition of the Town & Parish Briefing
Edition 25 - Monday June 24 2024
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As always, we hope you find this briefing useful and informative, and we encourage you to...
Posted: Wed, 26 Jun 2024
John Russell - BEM
Byfield Parish Council was saddened to hear of the death on Sunday 9 June 2024 of John Russell. John was born in Byfield in 1936 and lived his entire life in the village apart from his last few months at the Chacombe Park nursing home. His family ran a general store at the junction of Bell Lane and Banbury Lane which supplied many of the daily needs of folks in Byfield and the surrounding villages....
Posted: Fri, 14 Jun 2024
Free Mature Drivers Roadshow – 27 July 2024
Are you a mature driver (aged 60+) and live in Northamptonshire? Do you rely on being able to drive?
Driving is an important part of our everyday life and Northamptonshire Safer Roads Alliance (NSRA) are keen to help to keep mature drivers driving safer for longer.
Our driving ability to drive changes over time for different reasons, especially as we get older. It's important that we recognise whether...
Posted: Tue, 11 Jun 2024
Proposal to develop 250-300 new homes off Byfield Road, Woodford
Woodford Halse Parish Council have received details of a proposal from Bloor Homes Ltd to develop land immediately to the west of Woodford, south of Byfield Road, which would involve the building of 250-300 new homes. It is understood that Bloor Homes intend to seek inclusion of the development site in the new Local Plan for West Northamptonshire currently under consultation (the closing date for which...
Posted: Thu, 30 May 2024
Notice of Public Rights and publication of unaudited AGAR
Any person interested has the right to inspect and make copies of the accounting records to which the unaudited AGAR (Annual Governance and Accountability Return) for the year ended 31 March relates. These documents will be available on reasonable notice by application to the Clerk during the period from Monday 3 June to Friday 12 July. The AGAR (Sections 1 and 2) together with the Notice of Public...
Posted: Fri, 24 May 2024
Housing Needs Survey
Some months ago WNC was approached by Grand Union Housing (a-not-for profit organisation that manages housing stock for local authorities ) to discuss the potential for a rural exception site in Byfield. A rural exception site is one that is outside the confines of the village and would not normally get planning permission but because of the type of housing proposed (for example shared ownership or...
Posted: Thu, 2 May 2024
Help to Claim - Universal Credit
Help to Claim is a dedicated service from Citizens Advice for residents of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire. The service:
- is free, independent and confidential
- supports clients start a new Universal Credit claim through to the first full payment
- helps us identify the right support for each client through individual needs assessment
- offers interpreters where English is an additional language
- Our trained...
Posted: Tue, 30 Apr 2024
2024 Annual Parish Meeting
This year's Annual Parish Meeting will take place on Thursday 25 April 2024 in the Main Hall at Byfield Village Hall starting at 7.30 pm.
The Annual Parish Meeting is an opportunity for parishioners to meet, to hear about what has been happening and to debate issues that matter to them.
John Gillic, Parish Council Chairman, will present a summary of what has been achieved during the past year and Parish...
Posted: Sat, 6 Apr 2024
HS2 Update: Extended working hours at Chipping Warden Green Tunnel
From April we will be working extended hours to construct the Chipping Warden Green Tunnel.
- The tunnelling team have approval from the local authority to work between 6am - 10pm each day.
- Note that this is mainly for tunnel installation activities and not for all of our general construction work.
- There will be some lighting and vehicle movements both in the compound and on the site access roads, near...
Posted: Mon, 18 Mar 2024
Stop! Think Fraud ..
Did you know?
Fraud accounts for almost 40% of all crime. In just one year, 1 in 17 adults in England and Wales were victims of fraud. That's nearly 3 million of us.
1 in 5 businesses were also a victim of fraud over a 3 year period. In other words, fraud is rife and it can happen to anyone.
Think you're immune from fraud?
Fraudsters can use highly manipulative methods to get us when our defences are down....
Posted: Thu, 29 Feb 2024
