Would anyone in the village

a)       who expressed a need in the 2007 Hannington Housing Needs Survey for Affordable Housing, or

b)      who is now on the Housing Register and is hoping to be allocated one of the six Affordable houses to be built in the village

please notify the Parish Council Clerk Mrs Julie Friell (781539 or 6 Bridle Road) as soon as possible.

The Parish Council would like to try and ensure that the houses are allocated as a matter of priority to those with genuine local need. Applicants will need to be on the Housing Register at Daventry.

If there are not enough eligible applicants from or connected to Hannington itself, the Affordable Houses will be allocated to others on the Daventry Housing Register.  Initially this would be to people on that Register within a 5 mile radius of Hannington.  After that the houses could be allocated to anyone with priority needs on the Daventry Register.     

The Parish Council has now been advised by Daventry District Council that it can fill the casual vacancy that arose in May by co-option.

To qualify, a person must be a Commonwealth citizen or Euro national, over 18 years of age and an elector, must reside within the parish of Hannington, or within 3 miles of it, or occupy as owner or tenant any land or premises therein, or have their principal or only place of work there, and must not be disqualified from holding office as a Councillor.

If anyone is interested in joining the Parish Council, could you please let the Clerk know by Tuesday 31 August, for consideration at the next Parish Council meeting on Tuesday 7 September 2010.

The flower troughs have now been replanted and Mrs M Souter has agreed to continue watering the one on Red House Lane, whilst Mrs C Middleton is organising the one on Holcot Road.  Currently Mrs S Shaw waters the Walgrave Road one but will be leaving the village at the end of the month.  The Parish Council is therefore looking for a volunteer to take over this trough.  If you can help, please contact the Clerk.  The PC would like to express its’ thanks to the current volunteers.   

In the April Bulletin, the Parish Council reported that from 21 June changes would be made to the Brixworth HWRC and that the shop that sells reusable items will be located off-site to new premises.  This new shop can now be found at:

    Ace Reuse, 5 Ironstone Way, Quarry Road, Brixworth NN6 9UD