40,000 homes plan goes on public tour
An exhibition of plans to build 40,000 homes around Northampton, Daventry and Towcester is to tour the county during the six-week consultation period to gauge public feedback.
The controversial plans include building more than 19,500 homes in Northampton North, South, West and South East, which has been described as "a joke" by Northampton South MP Brian Binley, while parliamentary candidate for South Northamptonshire, Andrea Leadsom, said it was "ridiculous".
The plans were published by the West Northampton Joint Planning Unit (JPU) at the end of June and will be available to view at various exhibitions across the county.
The JPU, which includes the leaders of Northampton Borough Council, South Northamptonshire Council and Daventry District Council, published the plans as part of an aim to meet a Government expansion target of building 62,000 homes in West Northamptonshire by 2026.
Cogenhoe and Whiston Parish Council has joined the fight against the plans and will hold a meeting to discuss them tomorrow at 7.30pm at Cogenhoe Village Hall.
Parish councillor Geoff Carverhill said: "Cogenhoe and Whiston Parish Council is particularly concerned about plans for a major new trunk road that will run from the A45 at Billing to Brafield and join up with the M1. Other concerns are that the plan is deficient in having no infrastructure provision or flood risk assessments.
"A positive and unanimous approach to the flawed nature of the document has been highlighted by parishes all over the county."
In the exhibition literature, the JPU sets out its vision for Northampton as a "great riverside city, the economic driver and culture centre of the sub-region".
The future of Daventry is described as being "invigorated as a historic market town with a sound commercial core" while Towcester will be "centred on high technology business sector".
A pre-submission draft strategy will be published in November and will be subject to further consultation.
The exhibition will be on display at Boothville Hall, Booth Lane North and in Market Place, Brackley, between 9.30am and 5.30pm today.
For more dates, places and times of where there will be exhibitions visit the website www. westnorthamptonshirejpu.org.
A copy of all the information available at the exhibitions can also be found on the website.
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