These properties on the corner of Kingsthorpe Grove and Osborne Rd are empty and have been boarded up for ages. A planning application has now been submitted for conversion into 6 flats with another 4 flats to be built at the back. More details can be viewed on the Borough Council’s website. Let us know your views and send your comments to the council. The case officer dealing with the application at the Borough Council is Andrew Holden.

Whitehills and Spring Park Residents Association are holding an open event at the Pastures Community Centre on Saturday 28th January from 1.40-5.30pm. The open day will include a letter writing advice centre to help people put on paper their concerns about plans to build 1,250 homes at Buckton Fields. There will also be refreshments, a supervised play area and some fun activities.

The address to send views on the planning application is Ken Thursfield, Development Control Manager, Planning Services, Daventry District Council, Lodge Rd, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 4FP. Quote reference no. DA/2007/1400.

Feeling a little bit heavier after the Christmas break?

Want a new start in 2008? Then read on…….

Recommencing w/c 7th Jan Kingsthorpe College Fit Club presents:

TUESDAYS HEALTH WALK 9.30am for 30-45 mins
Turn up at main reception to walk in a sociable group over Bradlaugh Fields. Refreshments available

TUESDAYS YOGA 4.20 – 5.30pm DRAMA STUDIO
WEDNESDAYS TAI CHI 4.20 – 5.30pm DANCE STUDIO
THURSDAYS TONE ‘N’ FIT 4.20 – 5.05pm DRAMA STUDIO

BOOK NOW! Call Debbie Groom on 716106 x1219
£2.50 per session or term memberships available. Term 4 membership per class = £26.00 till 4th April

COOKING FOR HEALTH ADULT LEARNING COURSE
Commencing Wednesday 27th Feb 7-9pm for 6 weeks at Kingsthorpe College there is a Cooking for Health Course beginning.

Feel tired, run down, lacking in energy, want to lose weight or have some new ideas for cooking for you or your family? This course aims to provide information on key ingredients, preparation & cooking methods, easy to make recipes, meal plans and lifestyle tips

£40 with subsidised rates available.
For more information or to book call Adult Learning now on 01604 237418

Residents in Boughton Green, St Davids and Kingsthorpe are being asked for their ideas and suggestions to help shape the future of where they live.

The first ever open public meeting of the area’s new Neighbourhood Partnership will give local people the chance to come along and discuss issues affecting their local communities and have their say on how to make change.

This is a chance to find out more about Neighbourhood Management and meet Northampton Borough Council’s new Neighbourhood Coordinator for the area Jeanette Pidgen. Ward councillors, Northamptonshire Police, neighbourhood wardens, representatives from local schools and members of the residents associations will also be at the meeting.

Neighbourhood Coordinator, Jeanette Pidgeon added: “This is our first public meeting where residents can come along and have a real input into what issues we will be tackling in the first year. We need residents there so we can look at the issues that can have a long-term benefit to the area. We don’t have a magic wand and we don’t have all the answers, however, usually it’s something very simple that needs to be addressed which can make all the difference.”

The meeting will take place on Wednesday 9 January at Kingsthorpe Community Centre, Mill Lane from 7.00pm till 9.00pm. Light refreshments will be available.