Community and our corporate plan

We will maintain and improve roads, pavements, and transport connections, prioritising pothole repairs and resurfacing

We will take a strategic approach to planning that supports long-term growth, protects local character, and ensures new development meets the needs of residents, both now and in the future

We will work with social housing providers, developers and utilise our own housing stock to improve the availability and quality of housing, and at the same time, provide better access to services. We recognise that housing need can change at different stages of people's life and is not set in stone

From refuse collection to street cleaning, parks and open spaces, we will keep our communities welcoming and well cared for. We will tackle the minority of people who blight them with littering, fly-tipping, and environmental crime

We will use our regulatory powers to protect communities, ensuring fair trading, holding rogue landlords to account, and taking enforcement action against poor-quality housing and unlicensed Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs)

Community centres, leisure facilities, libraries, parks and open spaces will remain central to local life, encouraging wellbeing, volunteering and opportunities for people to connect

• Repair potholes more quickly and resurface roads where needed the most. We will be upfront and honest about what we can and cannot afford to do
• Ensure the council is getting the most value out of its highways contract and expenditure
• Improve public transport, cycling and walking routes to make travel easier, safer and greener
• Invest in smarter street lighting and safer junctions

• Deliver a clear Local Plan that balances housing, economic growth, and environmental protection
• We will work with our Towns, Villages and rural communities to enable them to shape need at a local level through Neighbourhood Plans
• Raise building design standards to ensure new developments meet local need today and in the future are accessible and enhance local identity
• We will transform our planning service to ensure it is effective and efficient
• Protect and enhance green spaces and heritage assets that matter to residents

• Work closely with social housing providers and developers to improve the housing offer in North Northamptonshire
• Take action to improve the quality and timeliness of housing repairs and maintenance provided to tenants of the council's housing stock
• Develop joint approaches and strategies with housing partner agencies to improve the quantity and quality of housing as well as the advice and support available

• Provide reliable refuse, recycling collections and green waste services that people value
• Keep streets and public spaces clean through proactive maintenance
• Take a zero-tolerance approach to fly-tipping, graffiti, and other forms of environmental crime, with a firm approach to enforcement and charging of penalties

• Respond robustly to anti-social behaviour that undermines neighbourhood quality of life
• Tackle rogue landlords and unlicensed Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs), improving housing standards for tenants
• Work with landlords, tenants, and partners to ensure safer, better-managed private rental homes
• Enforce trading standards to protect residents and legitimate businesses
   

• Support the maintenance and improvement of parks and green spaces, as well as facilities for leisure, to promote wellbeing, community events and biodiversity
• We will work with local communities where they want to take greater control of facilities and open spaces
• Provide support to community centres to help them be hubs for local activities and support services where there is demand
• Encourage volunteering and community-led projects that strengthen local pride