Can I ask what the Scrutiny Chair actually does, please?
I have a few very good friends who reliably inform me that the issue of the Sixfields land sale should have been scrutinised by this committee but wasn't.
Apparently, some 20 plus acres of publicly owned land, valued conservatively at over £18 million, was sold to the owners of Northampton Town Football Club (not the club itself) for just over £2Million.
That is a massive discrepancy in anybodies book.
Can someone please explain why it was allowed to happen without scrutiny?
Both Save Towcester Now and Protect the Ise Valley should rightly be celebrating, they’ve put an incredible amount of work into their campaigns - massive congratulations to them both 👏👏👏
This is a project that will never come to fruition. The idea of a leisure hub with shops and bars made from freight containers, stacked inside a building that has been empty for over a decade, could only be dreamt up by Northampton Councillors.
The company, Stack Leisure, has had some success with the idea in the Newcastle area, but I don’t think there will be much enthusiasm for it in Northampton.
The main reason for the decline in Northampton town centre was a previous Labour administration’s obsession with the “night time economy”. This led to the town becoming swamped with pubs and nightclubs, whilst shops all but disappeared. The sad truth is that Northampton folk do not see their town centre as a place they like to spend time in, and certainly not a place to spend their leisure time.
Can I ask what the Scrutiny Chair actually does, please?
I have a few very good friends who reliably inform me that the issue of the Sixfields land sale should have been scrutinised by this committee but wasn't.
Apparently, some 20 plus acres of publicly owned land, valued conservatively at over £18 million, was sold to the owners of Northampton Town Football Club (not the club itself) for just over £2Million.
That is a massive discrepancy in anybodies book.
Can someone please explain why it was allowed to happen without scrutiny?
It’s a great week for campaigners!
Both Save Towcester Now and Protect the Ise Valley should rightly be celebrating, they’ve put an incredible amount of work into their campaigns - massive congratulations to them both 👏👏👏
This is a project that will never come to fruition. The idea of a leisure hub with shops and bars made from freight containers, stacked inside a building that has been empty for over a decade, could only be dreamt up by Northampton Councillors.
The company, Stack Leisure, has had some success with the idea in the Newcastle area, but I don’t think there will be much enthusiasm for it in Northampton.
The main reason for the decline in Northampton town centre was a previous Labour administration’s obsession with the “night time economy”. This led to the town becoming swamped with pubs and nightclubs, whilst shops all but disappeared. The sad truth is that Northampton folk do not see their town centre as a place they like to spend time in, and certainly not a place to spend their leisure time.