Paul Hanson

Democracy and Standards Committee Officer

Democracy and Standards Committee - Thursday 13th November 2025 6.00 pm

The Democracy and Standards Committee were scheduled to meet to discuss proposed amendments to the council's constitution, review the constitution, and review the committee's work programme.

Cabinet Officer

Cabinet - Tuesday 11th November 2025 6.00 pm

West Northamptonshire Council's Cabinet met to discuss a range of issues, including housing management, budget adjustments for the Market Square project, and several annual reports related to safeguarding and education. The Cabinet approved a phased approach to bring housing services management back into the council, an increase to the Market Square capital budget, and the adoption of a policy statement for supporting children unable to attend school.

Local Pension Board Officer

Local Pension Board - Thursday 23rd October 2025 2.00 pm

The Local Pension Board of West Northamptonshire Council was scheduled to meet on 23 October 2025, at One Angel Square, Northampton. The agenda included discussion of the governance and compliance report, the external audit plan for the Northamptonshire Pension Fund, the gender pensions gap, a pensions dashboards update, an effectiveness review report and an administration report. The meeting was also scheduled to discuss the exclusion of press and public for certain items.

Strategic Planning Committee Secretary

Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 21st October 2025 2.00 pm

The Strategic Planning Committee met on Tuesday to discuss four planning applications. Councillors approved reserved matters for industrial buildings at Towcester Park and approved recommendations for the Kab Seating Ltd site, while also refusing the Podium Business Park application and deferring a decision on the Car Park Railway Station application.

West Northamptonshire Schools Forum Officer

West Northamptonshire Schools Forum - Tuesday 14th October 2025 2.00 pm

The West Northamptonshire Schools Forum met to discuss Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) monitoring, school funding, and early years funding for the upcoming financial year. The forum endorsed consultation proposals for both schools and early years funding for 2026-27, with minor additions to include questions around falling rolls funds and deprivation rates. They also noted the forecast outturn position for the year ending 31 March 2026 and the forward plan, with additional items to be added around education white paper review, changes around requirements of the Education Act S19[^2], draft sufficiency strategy update, and forecasting numbers/place planning.