A council’s planning committee has hit out at a planning inspector’s decision to over-rule its decision to refuse an 11-bed House in Multiple Occupation (HiMO) in Rushden.
A planning application has been sent to East Northamptonshire Council asking for permission to convert a 16th century village pub into five new houses.
East Northamptonshire Council looks set to strongly object to a controversial incinerator plan in Corby because of acid rain fears and the waste plant’s impact on two nearby historic houses.
Two Corby councillors have called on the council’s scrutiny committee to investigate where the authority is placing homeless households after receiving ‘worrying’ stories from affected families.
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is set to call for general election to avoid a Brexit 'crisis' in a speech in Northamptonshire today (Monday, August 19).
More police officers and expanding stop-and-search powers will help to address rising crime, according to the policing minister on a whistle-stop tour of Northamptonshire yesterday (Wednesday, August 14).
A councillor has raised concerns after Corby Council has committed to spend just over £900,000 converting eight garages on the Kingswood estate into flats.
The councillor in charge of balancing the books at the county council has said he will ‘strongly resist’ dipping back into its cash reserves this year.
More than 1,000 homes worth some £157 million have sat empty in Northamptonshire for longer than six months, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.
A union that represents Northamptonshire County Council staff has entered into a formal dispute with the council, claiming the authority is not consulting as it is legally required to do.
