Proposals

This vacant former boot and shoe factory in Clare Street is set to be converted into 14 flats with six parking spaces

Plans to convert another boot and shoe factory into flats set for approval

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West Northamptonshire Council launches stage one consultation for Community Gove...

Clockwise from top left: The River Nene near Thrapston, Wellingborough Stanton Cross, an Anglian Water water recycling centre and tap water

County faces 'water scarcity, temperature rises and low rainfall' by 2043

Plans to demolish Family Shopper in Wellingborough Road and turn it into a new shop and 10 flats have been recommended for refusal by council planning officers

Plans to demolish shop and convert site into cash-cow set to be refused

Plans to turn the former Bective Works building in Kingsthorpe into 97 new homes have been recommended for approval

Plans submitted to convert Grade II listed vacant shoe factory into 97 new homes

No 73 Billing Road (middle)

Plans REFUSED to allow beautiful Victorian town house to be converted into HMO

Plans have been unveiled to demolish Ecton Brook Care Home and build 18 social houses in its place

Plans unveiled to demolish vacant care home and build council houses on site

The former Northampton Sports Bar in Gold Street

Plans rejected to convert former sports bar 'occupied by squatters' into flats

An artist's impression of what the site will look like

Plans APPROVED to build 170 flats on busy street next door to pub

900 homes could be built within the red boundary, which is next to Grange Park

Plans to build 900 homes on countryside land slammed as 'RIDICULOUS'

This is what the site could look like

Plans set to be approved to build 170 flats next door to historical pub

Virgin Media O2 will cut up to 2,000 jobs

Virgin Media O2 to cut more than a tenth of UK workforce

Plans have been submitted to build 58 properties, 66 per cent of which earmarked as affordable, on an unused field next to Camp Lane and Beech Lane in Kislingbury

'Deep concerns' over plans to build affordable housing scheme in quiet village

An artist's impression of what the site could look like once complete

Plans set for approval to build go-kart track at 'world-class' venue near town

A small house decoration held in cupped hands

Cabinet to discuss new action plan to tackle issues around HMOs

Plans have been unveiled to demolish the former Just For Pets site into a electric vehicle charging site

Plans unveiled to demolish building and build huge electric car charging site
“The scheme will redevelop an underutilised site which has stood vacant for some time”

The closed down Firejack's in Sixfields could be converted into a Wagamama if West Northamptonshire Council approves the plans

Wagamama submits plans to open first ever restaurant in the town

Little Vegas has opened at the former Edinburgh Woollen Mill store in Abington Street

24/7 casino opens at once popular shop in busy Northampton town centre street

The former Tesco and Woolworths site in Abington Street is set to be converted into 30 flats

Former supermarket in town centre set to be turned into 30 flats

Millions of patients in England will be able to get prescriptions for seven common conditions, plus the contraceptive pill and more blood pressure checks, directly from pharmacies under new plans to tackle the GP crisis in the UK.

Pharmacies to offer prescriptions for 7 new conditions amid GP crisis

Pope Francis allows women to vote in bishops’ meeting for first time

The former Sheltune Auto Repairs garage in Kingsley could be converted into 15 flats for vulnerable adults

Plans unveiled to convert empty garage into 'high-quality' flats

The former Subway site in Fish Street could be converted into a traditional Irish pub

Plans unveiled to open traditional Irish pub at former Subway restaurant

Beethoven House (right), in Market Square, could be converted into a 20-bed HMO

Outrage as plans unveiled to convert prominent listed building into 20-bed HMO

A 3D render of what the proposals could look like

Fresh plans unveiled to build massive flat blocks next door to pub

The former Cue Club in Bridge Street could be turned into student flats

Plans unveiled to convert former notorious snooker club into flats

The building has been covered in scaffolding for over a decade

Plans to convert fire-ravaged former bar into 43 flats set for approval
The site has been held up by eyesore scaffolding for over a decade

Plans to transform the former Tesco supermarket in Abington Street are set to be green-lighted by the council at a planning committee meeting on Tuesday (April 4)

Plans to demolish and transform 'abandoned' Tesco supermarket set for approval

landlords may soon be given more power to deal with anti-social tenants

Landlords to be given extra powers to evict ‘anti-social’ tenants

An artist's impression of what the Market Walk Abington Street facade could look like (right) compared to what it is now (left)

Plans to revive vacant shopping centre recommended for APPROVAL

129 Cineworld venues face risk of closure

The 129 Cineworld cinemas at risk as chain struggles to find buyer

Full list of places that will see a council tax increase in April 2023

38 new 'affordable' homes are set to be built on land adjacent to Kingsthorpe Bowls Club

Plans approved to build 38 'much-needed' 'affordable' new homes in Kingsthorpe

The PCS Union (Credit: Getty Images)

PCS union announce 100,000 members will strike on Budget Day

Buddies USA is set to be turned into a Popeyes Chicken fast-food outlet

Popular fast-food chain closer to opening at former Buddies restaurant

Map showing all the local authority areas forming the Oxford to Cambridge Pan-Regional Partnership.

Government backs new Oxford to Cambridge pan-regional partnership

Leading UK vet calls for outright ban on owning dogs with cropped ears

Once complete, the Overstone Leys SUE will be comprised of up to 2,000 properties

Plans for 223 new homes to be built set to be approved

An artist's impression of what the Market Walk Abington Street facade could look like (right) compared to what it is now (left)

Plans resubmitted to convert vacant shopping centre into indoor market and hotel

38 new 'affordable' homes could be built on land adjacent to Kingsthorpe Bowls Club

Plans to build 38 'affordable' new homes on brownfield site set to be approved

Highgate House

Government scraps plans to house up to 400 asylum seekers at former hotel

British passport prices are set to rise next month

Passport application fees to increase next month

ANPR cameras are being installed across Northampton town centre car parks including at St John's.

ANPR cameras for council car parks but concerns remain over ‘ageing’ Mayorhold

Cllr Ian McCord campaigned against introducing a £42 charge for garden waste collections in 2022 — now he's fighting a West Northamptonshire Council increase to £55 from April

Councillor labels garden bin charge hike 'sneaky stealth tax' for West Northants

Mayorhold multi-storey car park

Council confirms 50-year-old Northampton car park could be bulldozed

Freddie Flintoff filmed an episode of Top Gear at Northampton International Raceway earlier this year, which aired on BBC One in November

Plans unveiled to build 682-seater grand stand at popular motor sports racetrack

Plans have been unveiled to open a tattoo shop in the basement of 232 - 234 Wellingborough Road

Owner reveals vision for brand new tattoo parlour at former bar in town

Plans have been unveiled to convert the former Subway restaurant in Fish Street into a 'woodland bar'

Plans unveiled to convert former Subway restaurant into 'woodland bar'

An artist's impression of what the flats would have looked like next to The Malt Shovel pub

Plans to build nearly 200 flats next door to popular independent pub REFUSED

An artist's impression of what the flats could look like next to the Malt Shovel pub

Plans to block of nearly 200 flats next to popular pub set for approval

The Bold Dragoon in Weston Favell

Pub landlady reveals new restaurant plans for venue

Berrywood Lodge could be part-demolished and converted into homes

Plans unveiled to convert former 'inadequate' care home into flats and houses

The former Fat Cats bar burned down in 2012 and has had scaffolding around it ever since.

Plans to convert former nightclub into 43 flats recommended for approval

An example of the type of wind turbine planned for the Welford in Northamptonshire location.

Planning approval granted for new Northamptonshire micro wind turbine scheme

Towcester Road.

Plans in pipeline to reduce speed limit on notorious road