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 […]
NEW CONSULTATION FOR NORTHERN ORBITAL
The announcement of a General Election on 8th June delayed the consultation for the Northern Orbital routes. Exhibitions will now be taking place locally between 19th June and 4th August, with one held in Boughton Village Hall on 5th July. There will also be exhibition boards in Kingsthorpe library from […]
ELECTION DELAYS ROAD CONSULTATION
The announcement of a General Election on 8th June means that the consultation on the Northern Orbital routes has been delayed. The new consultation period will now run from 19th June until 4th August. New exhibition dates have yet to be announced. BVM will
post on its Facebook page if this occurs […]
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