Council News

Harlestone Manor Parish Council has formally written to West Northamptonshire Council Highways to raise serious concerns over pedestrian safety on the A428 and Harlestone Road following increased traffic levels linked to the Northampton Western Relief Road. The Parish Council highlighted a recent collision involving a pedestrian and has called for urgent safety assessments, including the […]

Harlestone Manor Parish Council has submitted a response to the West Northamptonshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy consultation, recognising the importance of protecting and enhancing biodiversity, improving habitats for wildlife, and supporting long-term environmental sustainability across the parish and wider area. The strategy sets out priorities and practical measures for nature recovery, including habitat restoration, better […]

Parish Precept 2026/27 – What this Means for Residents Each year the Parish Council sets a budget to fund local services and community initiatives. This budget is funded through: The Precept (the parish portion of Council Tax) Council reserves Occasional grants for specific projects What is the Precept? The precept is the element of Council […]

Please visit the West Northamptonshire Consultation Hub for more information about all consultation or engagement activities and how to have your say.   Have your say on delivering infrastructure and services to help mitigate development Give us your views on the draft Infrastructure and Developer Contributions Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) and help us to shape how we secure the infrastructure […]

Council Tax 2025/26 – Parish Precept Update Harlestone Manor Parish Council set its precept for 2025/26 at £32,156 – the same amount as the previous two years, with no increase. However, after the precept was agreed, we received updated tax base figures from West Northamptonshire Council (WNC), which showed a reduction in the number of […]

Barwood Development Securities Ltd (‘Barwood Land’) will shortly be submitting an outline planning application on land at York Way. The site is located on the north side of York Way. Access would be off York Way. Please see leaflet attached below. For more information or if you have any questions or queries, please follow the […]

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) lead in managing local flood risks, this includes risks of flooding from surface water, groundwater and ordinary (smaller) watercourses. Under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, WNC is required to develop, apply, and monitor a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy which sets out how it intends to manage floods and […]

The residents of Harpole have received letter from Davidsons Homes who have recently submitted a planning application for up to 450 units on land north of Roman Road, Northampton. This is part of the North West SUE which has already received outline planning. Details of the proposals can be seen on the West Northants website here […]

It has come to our attention that people are reporting that they have been unable to get into the Jubilee Wildlife Garden. The Parish Council would like to clarify that the latch for the big gate will remain padlocked at all times for safety reasons. The latch to the big gate was situated above the […]

Berrywood Road will have a full closure between the double roundabout and the new roundabout towards Duston from 13th – 17th Feb for resurfacing and also Anglian Water connection work.  The diversion route is via Lodge Farm During this closure, works at the entrance to the Vistry site on Sandy Lane will be carried out for a […]