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The Northampton Town Centre Business Improvement District (BID), a business-led partnership and non-profit organisation created to make the town centre a more vibrant place, is the latest to issue their response to the Park the Charges campaign.

BID ‘supportive’ of measures to make town centre ‘more attractive’

Our Park the Charges campaign is calling for free parking at all council-owned multi-storey and surface car parks, as well as the premium on-street parking, on Saturdays and Sundays from November 21 until December 20 – as well as Christmas Eve for last minute shoppers.

WNC says scrapping parking charges is ‘not a sustainable solution’

The Red Lion Truck Stop in Weedon Road, Northampton

Lorry park has 120% demand as council warns of HGV parking shortage

The Draft Freight Action Plan is currently out to consultation

More than one in four fatal crashes involved HGVs, figures reveal

Bridge Street

The downfall of Bridge Street as council acknowledges 'concerns'

£12m STACK Northampton works have paused until the New Year, according to West Northants Council

£12m STACK project delayed until New Year as two venues in the country scrapped

What we want to see is free parking at all council-owned multi-storey and surface car parks, as well as the premium on-street parking, on Saturdays and Sundays from November 21 until December 20 – as well as Christmas Eve for last minute shoppers.

Chron calls for WNC to SCRAP town centre Christmas parking charges

Northampton residents could face £500 fines under new anti-social behaviour rules

Residents could face £500 fines under THREE new anti-social behaviour rules

Steve Reid

Market trader told to leave £13.5m square days after submitting complaint

The CGI images show how 11 areas of Northampton could look under West Northamptonshire Council’s billion-pound town centre masterplan, with proposals ranging from new homes and public spaces to improved walking and cycling routes, riverside attractions and restored heritage buildings. The pictures offer a glimpse of how the town could be transformed in the years ahead.

PICTURES: Look at how 11 areas could be transformed under WNC's masterplan

West Northamptonshire Council is asking councillors to approve a new plan for Northampton town centre, which includes proposals for new homes, improved streets and public spaces, and a major makeover of the riverside.

Billions needed to transform 11 areas of Northampton in council's new masterplan

Mike Reader MP outside Downing Street.

MP threatened with stabbing after confronting passenger playing loud music

Al Madina Store, in Kettering Road

Shop told to remove large walk-in freezer after planning refusal

West Northamptonshire Council has revealed its vision for Daventry town centre

Major plans to breathe new life into town centre as council reveals vision

Obelisk House in Northampton is one of the homes earmarked for closure

Care homes and supported living facility could close under council plans

Plans have been submitted to build up to 255 homes on land west of Ashby Road in Daventry.

Plans submitted to build 255 homes on farmland the size of 28 football pitches
Major plans have been submitted to build up to 255 homes on farmland in Daventry
Logan MacLeod

Almost 200 members of Northampton Sun Club were told in June that their monthly naked swimming sessions at Mounts Baths had been cancelled.

Update issued on naked swimming at pool after 44-year tradition was stopped

Cllr Mark Arnull - Reform UK Group Leader & Leader of West Northamptonshire Council

Taxpayers 'paying the price' as council calls for Government debt write-off

Library picture, Northampton town centre

At least 84 women left with nowhere to stay over three months, census reveals

West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) started phase two of its Abington Active Travel Scheme on Monday, June 8, focusing on Park Avenue South. Photo from June 11.

Council explains why busy road has been dug up AGAIN after active travel works

Library picture, Northampton Market Square

We asked WNC how Market Square is performing two years after its £13.5m makeover

The former Turtle Bay in Gold Street is set to be a Continue Arcade franchise, which describes itself is a family-friendly retro gaming venue with an arcade and bar.

New venue to open at former Turtle Bay in town – target opening date revealed

Library picture. (Photo by Catherine Ivill/Getty Images)

New cameras could detect dangerous near misses on roads under council plans

Library picture of potholes in Northampton

Six in ten local council responses rate roads as unsafe, report reveals

West Northamptonshire ranks among England’s worst councils for issuing education plans to special needs children on time

WNC among England’s worst for issuing special needs children's education plans

Library picture. (Photo by David Dear/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)

Pavement parking crackdown could be coming under new council proposals

Council officers found evidence of a widespread rat and mouse infestation at The Turnpike Beefeater

Rat infestation found at long-standing restaurant before summer closure
A rat infestation was found at a long-standing restaurant near Northampton before it closed this summer.
Logan MacLeod

The new ANPR camera, circled in red, has been installed at the right turn from Upton Valley Way East, near Pineham, on to Banbury Lane

"It's not about catching people out": New traffic enforcement camera to go live

An exclusive computer generated image shows what the site could look like once completed. This is looking at the development from Wellington Street.

Plans submitted for next stage of £70m town centre development

Shalom Christian Fellowship – Northampton, which is currently based in West Hunsbury, has applied for permission to change the use of 86 Bridge Street from a retail showroom, formerly PMT, to a place of worship.

Plans submitted to turn former music shop in prominent location into church

Minister for Housing and Planning Matthew Pennycook (picture: Press Association), left, and leader of West Northamptonshire Council, Councillor Mark Arnull

Reform council welcomes planning inspector's visit amid row over Local Plan

West Northamptonshire Council

Senior West Northamptonshire Council officer lands top role overseeing resources

Plans for a new development of 67 homes next to Deanshanger have been refused (Image: Google Maps)

Major plans to build 67 homes as extension to Northamptonshire village REFUSED

Councillor Mark Arnull

Leader warns government that more powers will not solve financial pressures

Conway Close, Kings Heath

Angry residents demand halt to plans to build access road serving 100 new homes

5 Spencer Parade

WNC submits plan to repair boarded-up building which has cost taxpayers £200k

Drivers have been paid more than £68,000 in compensation for vehicle damage caused by potholes and highway defects in West Northamptonshire since Reform UK took control of the council in May 2025.

Top 10 roads where drivers received compensation for pothole damage

Councillor Mark Arnull

Council leader hits out as Government rejects plans for wider devolution deal

Ten new traffic enforcement locations are being introduced by WNC in Northampton - and it's costing nearly £500k to implement, with a yearly running costs of £150k

Council to spend nearly half a million pounds on new traffic cameras

Mike Reader outside Downing Street.

Government changes to stop 'ripping off' drivers welcomed by MP

Parking enforcement began here, behind shops on Kingsthorpe Front, in August

Reform councillor calls for review of parking enforcement behind row of shops

Councillor Humphries and Councillor Arnull

Councillor continues attending meetings as questions remain over engagement

This is the unauthorised structure that was found to be being used as a shisha bar, which backs out on to St Edmund's Road

Enforcement notice served to controversial shisha bar – demolition deadline set

The development will sit north of St Crispin Road, with access from Doddington Road

Application goes in for 150 houses in Northamptonshire village

Upper Mounts Car Park has reopened

Key town centre car park fully reopens following archaeological investigation

Sarah Bool MP

MPs urge Government not to leave county out of major devolution deal

The Balkan Club in Far Cotton

Concerns raised over 'The Balkan' nightclub's bid to serve alcohol until 3.30am

ITV Exposure features NNC Cllr Gavin Beales' case in its news special investigation when three local MPs called for his suspension/IMG

ITV Exposure news documentary features Northants Reform councillor

Families from the new Dallington Grange housing estate protest for a new school to be built

Opposition leader warns of ‘looming crisis’ over scrapped Northampton school

Ashberry Strategic Land’s describes the aim as creating “a well integrated, high quality new place”.

Major plans submitted to build up to 70 homes as extension to village

West Northamptonshire Council, One Angel Square

Council awards £310,000 to groups after receiving £1.3 million in requests

Reform councillor Jeffrey Johnson (left) and council leader Mark Arnull (right)

Reform councillor returns after absence that left party clinging to majority

The Local Plan includes 1,500 homes in Boughton

Parish council calls in independent expert to scrutinise Local Plan

Library picture of a solar farm (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP via Getty Images)

Developer behind huge solar farm responds to fears over impact

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

Plans unveiled for major new David Lloyd health and wellness club in Towcester

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