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Issue 64 The magazine for the District of Daventry Inside this issue: Join in the Great Green Giveaway Planning for a changing landscape Your guide to what’s on this spring Council Information Contacting Daventry District Council Call 01327 871100 Freephone: 0800 597 0201 (minicom 01327 312844) Web www.daventrydc.gov.uk Email [email protected] Write Daventry District Council Lodge Road, Daventry NN11 4FP Visit our offices: Lodge Road, Daventry Monday to Thursday 8.30am-5pm, Fridays 8.30am-4.30pm Brixworth Information Service Brixworth Library & Community Centre, Spratton Road Mondays & Thursdays 9.30am-5pm, Fridays 9am-5pm, Saturdays 9.30am-1pm Tel: 01604 882355/889362 Daventry Calling is available on request in large [email protected] print, on audiotape or in Braille. Long Buckby Information Service Daventry Calling is also available online at Long Buckby Library, Station Road www.daventrydc.gov.uk/daventry-calling Fridays 10am-1pm & 2pm-5pm, Saturdays 10am-1.00pm Informacje te mog ą by ć dost ępne w ró żnych j ęzykach i ró żnym Tel: 01327 844650 formacie poprzez skontaktowanie si ę z nami 01327 871100 [email protected] Disclaimer: Woodford Information Service We care about accuracy and aim to correct any mistake in subsequent Woodford Halse Library, School Street issues of Daventry Calling if you let us know where we’ve gone wrong. Thursdays 2pm-6pm Every effort is made to ensure articles are accurate and up to date. No Tel: 01327 264246 responsibility can be accepted for inaccuracies or omissions however caused. [email protected] Contributed material does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Daventry District Council. Moulton Information Service Moulton Library, Doves Lane This magazine is printed on an FSC certified material and produced using Mondays 1pm-5pm Elemental Chlorine Free (ECF) pulp Tel: 01604 496954 [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/daventrydc 2 Issue 64 Spring 2010 Welcome Contents Page News: All the latest stories from Daventry District Council, including new community panels for residents 4-7 The vision to regenerate Daventry: A taste of what's in store for 2010 8-9 Help with housing: Your guide to housing services in the district 10 Your vote, your voice: Information pullout for the 2010 local and general elections 11-14 Great green giveaway: Free compost and help to What your district council does for you spread the message 15 Daventry District Council provides a range of commonly-used Service Spotlight: services, including: How the planning process works 16-17 • Building control • Housing benefits Accommodation needs: • Car parks • Licences Plans for the year and • CCTV • Local land charges meetings 18 • Community safety • Markets Soundbox: • Conservation • Open spaces New project to tackle anti-social behaviour 19 • Council tax benefits and • One Stop Shop and outreach collection centres A to Z: Scaldwell, Sibbertoft, • Daventry Country Park • Planning applications Spratton & Staverton 20-21 • Elections • Pollution reduction What's On: • Environmental health • Public toilets Events and meetings in Daventry District 22-23 • Fly-tipping • Recycling Sports & Recreation: • Food safety • Sports and recreation Funding available for • Graffiti removal • Stray dogs clubs 24 • Health promotion • Street cleaning • Household waste collection • The Abbey Designed and produced by • Housing advice • Travel concession schemes Tel: 01536 527297 Issue 64 Spring 2010 3 News News An easier Have your say at way to pay Daventry District Council will community panels be issuing Council Tax bills in March for the coming year Residents in Daventry are being encouraged to join in new and taxpayers are urged to panels aimed at improving their communities. consider using Direct Debit Quarterly community panels are panel at Ashby Road Community to pay their tax. being set up in Daventry North centre on March 10 at 6.30pm With Direct Debit people can (The Headlands, Timken and and the Daventry South panel at pay on a choice of dates to suit Ashby Fields) and Daventry South Southbrook Community Centre on their finances and means they (The Grange, Southbrook, town March 25 at 6.30pm. will never have to worry about centre) where local people will be standing in queues or making able to go along to discuss and For more details call Community late payments. Safety Officer Claire Smith on identify issues that need tackling in DDC may also be able to help their neighbourhoods. 01327 871100 or visit people who are struggling to www.daventrydc.gov.uk/communit Representatives from the police, pay their instalments. y-safety Daventry District Council and Anyone who wants to set up Daventry & District Housing will Community panels are already a Direct Debit or talk to the also take part in the panels, with established in rural parts of Council about difficulties with the aim of residents chairing and Daventry District – for more details payment is urged to call the minuting the quarterly meetings on these meetings, visit Revenue and Benefits Service once they are established. Northamptonshire Police’s safer on 01327 871100 as soon as The first meetings will take place communities team web pages at possible. this month – the Daventry North www.northants.police.uk/sct New-look changing rooms open The refurbishment of the wet changing rooms at Daventry Leisure Centre has been completed. The work is the first phase of a £300,000 investment by Daventry District Council to upgrade facilities at the leisure centre, Daventry Sports Park and the pavilions at Fishponds, The Hollows and Headlands. An 18-month upgrade of facilities at the leisure centre began in November, with other improvements planned for the soft play area, St John’s Square access SOLL Leisure Operations Manager Richard Gallagher with lifeguard and the swimming pool area itself. Donald Curley in the new-look changing rooms 4 Issue 64 Spring 2010 News Booklet for Climate Change A booklet to help make people aware of how they can tackle DASH for climate change is now available. some free The Time for Action on Climate available in hard copy at the Change booklet advises residents Council’s Lodge Road office, local safety about the actions they can take to libraries and information centres. reduce greenhouse gas emissions, measures such as improving energy It’s also available online at efficiency in the home along with www.daventrydc.gov.uk/climatech reducing waste and increasing ange or people can request a copy recycling. by calling Alice Pearce at Daventry A limited number of booklets are District Council on 01327 871100. Funding for energy-saving help People in Daventry District can receive free smoke The Walgrave Climate Friendly Community has been awarded funding to help provide support and advice on energy saving alarms, fire safety checks and measures. home security advice through an ongoing The Walgrave group, which has advantage of the Council’s Chillout partnership initiative. been helping householders produce insulation scheme, which offers Daventry Area Safety in the an action list of energy saving subsidised prices for loft and cavity measures, has received the award Home (DASH) can also offer wall insulation. from the Energy Saving Trust’s free low-energy lightbulbs and Green Communities Programme. For further details contact the security chains for householders over 60, advice Householders in the village have Home Energy Conservation Team been encouraged to take on 01327 871100. on energy efficiency grants and free cavity wall and loft insulation for homeowners Strategy shapes future of housing over 70. A new strategy that shapes the future of housing in Daventry DASH is made up of a range of District over the next five years has been produced with the partners including teams from input of residents. Daventry District Council, the The Daventry District Council Housing Over Fifties Forum and affordable fire service, the police and Strategy 2010-15 sets out priorities housing providers. The strategy is voluntary organisations such as and objectives for housing within the due to be adopted this spring. Age Concern and Daventry Volunteer Centre. district over the next five years. It aims The five aims of the strategy are: to address the housing needs and Housing Which is Affordable and The DASH partnership holds aspirations of the community Accessible, Homes that are public events throughout the regardless of whether they are in Sustainable and of a High Design year. For more information public or private housing tenures. Quality, Sustainable & Cohesive about DASH, please contact In the autumn residents were able Communities, Housing for Vulnerable Mal Thompson at Daventry to give their views on the draft People and Provision for an Ageing Volunteer Centre on 01327 strategy, which was available on the population. 300614 or council’s website, from its outreach For more information on DDC’s [email protected] centres and local libraries. strategy for housing, follow the Consultation also took place with social housing link at members of the Daventry District www.daventrydc.gov.uk/housing Issue 64 Spring 2010 5 News Traders urged to go plastic-bag-free Small traders in Daventry District are being urged to help the environment and go plastic- bag-free in 2010. Planning inquiry decision due The outcome of a major planning inquiry is due to be announced this Spring. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government is set to announce his decision on appeals against the non-determination of planning applications for proposed developments in Danetree, Church Fields and Monksmoor. If approved the developments could result in significant growth to the eastern side of the town of residential-led developments, Andy Farrell from Girl About Town in Foundry Walk shows some of the supported by new schools, shops alternatives to plastic bags along with Waste Management Officer Ian Hill and and businesses.