Have your say on North Northamptonshire Council’s five-year housing strategy

Whilst working to support residents to have access to safe, decent and affordable homes, it is also designed to make sure the council meets its statutory obligations in the prevention of homelessness and supporting the changing housing needs of older residents.

The document sets out the council’s ambition to meet demand, offer choice, match aspirations, and provide a range of housing and tenures that are affordable for those who wish to live, work and visit North Northamptonshire.

The council is seeking feedback from residents on the following four priorities below set out below.

1. Building new homes across all tenures where people are proud to live.

2. Improving the quality of existing housing stock to provide decent, energy efficient and safe homes.

3. Preventing homelessness to ensure everyone has access to decent, safe, and secure homes.

4. Supporting people to live healthy and independent lives in homes suited to their needs.

For each priority we will are asking for your views and whether you feel there is anything missing. There is also an opportunity to give any additional comments. You can contact us by email, telephone or by post, see details below.

To view the housing strategy 2025-30 and have your say visit here.

Cllr Mark Rowley, Executive Member for Housing and Communities, said:

“The draft housing strategy 2025-30 and its delivery plan has been developed and prepared in collaboration with the relevant service areas within the council, the Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise Sector (VCSE), professional stakeholders and local residents, to ensure that the housing related themes and issues relevant to the delivery of all aspects of housing are reflected in the strategy and inform the priorities and areas for action set out in the delivery plan.

"What we are seeking now are the views of you, our residents so please take the time to read through and send in your feedback and ideas."

Jason Smithers, Leader of North Northamptonshire Council

“This strategy is a major policy item for the council and we are keen to give everyone in North Northamptonshire the chance to share their views and contribute to the development of this strategy.

"It sets out its priorities, commitments, and delivery programme for the period 2025 to 2030 for a wide range of housing matters and very much sits within our corporate vision of creating and maintaining ‘A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life.’”

How to have your say

We advise that you read the current draft of the Housing Strategy 2025-2030 which incorporates, context, supporting data, case studies and delivery plans to help you respond to the questions within this survey.

You can also share your views via email, post or telephone. If you need assistance to complete the online questionnaire or would like a copy of it in another format (including paper, easy read, or large print) you can contact us via:

Email: yourvoicematters@northnorthants.gov.uk

Post: Housing Strategy consultation
North Northamptonshire Council
The Cube
Parkland Gateway
George Street
Corby, NN17 1QG

Telephone: 0300 126 3000

What happens next:

Your views and ideas will be collated, analysed and, where relevant, required amends made to the draft strategy before it is taken to Executive for adoption.

The survey closes at 23:59 on Friday 11 April 2025

For information about how consultation and engagement responses are managed, please see the consultation and engagement privacy notice.

Ongoing engagement with Housing Provider and Delivery partners, Homes England and Planning will continue through the life of this strategy. This will be done through progression and monitoring of the delivery plan and will be an evolving process.