NEW BINS, NEW COLLECTION DAY
From the week commencing 4th June, the new 1-2-3 refuse collections start. Boughton’s bins will now be collected on a Friday. On June 8th food waste and recycling will be taken away. Friday 15th is garden waste but please note this is an additional service that residents must sign up […]
JOHN CLARKE RETIRES AS COUNCIL CHAIR
At the annual village meeting last month it was announced that John Clarke will step down as Chair of the Parish Council at the annual Parish Council meeting on 14th May. John has served on the Parish Council for 18 years, chairing it for 12, and has seen the […]
VILLAGE NAME CHANGE AS PART OF COUNCIL COST CUTTING
As part of the Northamptonshire County Council’s cost-cutting measures, villages and street names are to be restricted to six letters to reduce the cost of producing signage. From 1st April, Boughton will become Bought. Street names will be trimmed accordingly
POCKET PARK STALWART STEPS DOWN
Kevin Greatorex, who […]
SPEEDING IN BOUGHTON
The Parish Council has commissioned a traffic survey to monitor the volume and speed of traffic on Vyse Road, Moulton Lane and Howard Lane. A Police speed enforcement operation on 8th January recorded 15 speeding offences on Moulton Lane.
FIND OUT WHETHER WINE IS GOOD FOR THE BLOOD!
Local retired haematologist Robin Sheppard is […]
ROYAL WEDDING TEA PARTY
The Village Hall committee is holding a tea party in the hall on Sunday 13th May from 2pm until 4pm. Tickets will be £12 and will be on sale shortly. There will be a Royal wedding theme. For more details, please contact Sandra on 843491.
HOLLY LODGE DRIVE APPLICATION DEAD IN THE […]
BOROUGH COUNCIL OBJECTS TO BUCKTON FIELDS APPLICATION
Last month Northampton Borough Council’s (NBC) planning committee voted unanimously to object to the latest Buckton Fields planning application. Although Daventry will decide the application, the Borough council is a statutory consultee. The planning committee cited
three areas of concern: air pollution; insufficient highway infrastructure to mitigate the impact […]
DECISION ON ROADS DELAYED
BVM understands that Northamptonshire County Council will not receive a report on the NNOR/NWRR consultation from Highways this month because of the extent and content of the responses. NCC’s Cabinet had been due to decide the route at its November meeting.
LATEST ON BUCKTON FIELDS
Last month the Parish Council held a special […]
BUCKTON FIELDS: NEW PLANNING APPLICATION
A fresh planning application for Buckton Fields has been received by Daventry District Council. Comments should be sent to sellis@daventrydc.gov.uk quoting application DA/2011/0666. The stated deadline is 4th October but, given the huge amount of supporting documentation, Steve Ellis has said that he will receive comments after this date but […]
KEEP NORTHAMPTONSHIRE GREEN – A PUBLIC MEETING
“There will be a public meeting on Thursday 27th September at 7.30pm in the Church Rooms to discuss the challenges facing not only Boughton and the north west area affected by the orbital road but all the other communities in the county under similar threat from planners, councils […]
HAVE YOUR SAY OVER ROAD ROUTE
The consultation period for the Northern Orbital route started on 19th June and runs until 4th August. There will be an exhibition on 5th July in the Village Hall from 9am until 7pm. Although most of the route appears to have been decided, local people are being asked about […]
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