Councillor Dan Lister writes
๐ญ,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Just published in next week’s Planning Policy agenda – the Reform administration at West Northants wants to dump 1,000 homes at Long Buckby Station, with plans to build even MORE in future. Oh, and 4 hectares of employment land – essentially more warehousing.
๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐พ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐จ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ง๐จ.
We’ve fought this before. Previous proposals for thousands of homes here were rejected because Northampton could take the growth. Now we’re back on the target list simply because we have a railway station.
Long Buckby is a VILLAGE. Yes, we have a station – but that doesn’t make us suitable for urban-scale development that will destroy our rural character and community.
What do we get? Vague promises of station improvements “by 2030” or even “by 2040” – paid for by the development itself. Meanwhile, Three Bridges Road – already struggling – will take the brunt of construction traffic, 1,000+ new households, and HGVs serving yet more warehouses.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต “๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐.”
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ด๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป.
I’m working with the Parish Council to mount a robust response. Watch this space for how YOU can object.
Long Buckby is not a dumping ground for endless housing and warehousing.
The full document pack will be uploaded to here.
https://westnorthants.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments…