Ian A McCord

Whittlebury Park have submitted an appeal on the grounds of non-determination against West Northants Council. Planning Application Reference WNS/2022/2060/MAO In many cases when there is non determination the council could be argued to be at fault as they sat on it too long, lost the file, couldn’t be bothered, etc. In this case the argue […]

Why is Stephen Mold still in office, he clearly has no judgement and is either serially arrogant or serially incompetent either way he should just go. The Police and Crime Panel is also not fit for purpose as they will not scrutinise a party colleague to the proper standard. Today’s revelations that tell us about the

The news yesterday that Silverstone has extended its contract with Formula 1 to hold a British Grand Prix for another ten years is great for all. Silverstone is many things, the village, the circuit, the business parks around it, the mainstay of the local economy.  There is a little part of the track in my

I noticed that WNC Highways had marked up a section of the Moorend Road for repair. I stepped in to ask WNC if they were only repairing the part between the yellow lines, that which was within their technical definition of a pot hole – now it is all fixed the whole few metres that

The streetlight at Poundfield Lane, Potterspury seems to have a broken head. I have reported this to Highways England as this is associated with the A5 lighting.

I am grateful for Matt Taylor from Northants Police who has sent and email with e-scooter advice. What is an e-scooter? Electrical scooters (also known as e-scooters) come under the category of “powered transporters”; this covers a range of personal transport devices which are powered by a motor. E-scooters are classed as motor vehicles under

WNC have two gritting standards, a precautionary route that is for ‘normal’ cold frosty times and an adverse route that is when there is snow or its been at or below zero for at leat 48 hour continuously. All the villages in the ward have a precautionary route salted except Potterspury and Yardley Gobion. I have

Mold may be recruiting for a new Chief Constable so she should give him a call, by his criteria she’d be perfect. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-67808245

This one has a bit of history to it. Some time back an application for Planning in Principle (PIP) for 3 or 4 homes on this site was granted by WNC. In July another application, to all intents and purposes the same application but this time changing the number to 8 or 9 was submitted.