Councillor David Brackenbury
Email: david.brackenbury@northnorthants.gov.uk
Council: North Northamptonshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
53 meetings · Page 1 of 11
Planning Committee - Wednesday 11th February, 2026 7.00 pm
Planning Committee - Wednesday 21st January, 2026 7.00 pm
The North Northamptonshire Council Planning Committee met on Wednesday 21 January 2026 to discuss several planning applications. The committee resolved to defer a decision on the Former Estate Office in Lilford, PE8 5SG, to allow for further consultation, and granted planning permission for the replacement of a chimney section at Park Junior School, Wood Street, Kettering, NN16 9SE.
Council - Thursday 11th December, 2025 6.00 pm
During the meeting of North Northamptonshire Council, held on 11 December 2025, councillors approved the Corporate Parenting Board Annual Report 2024-25, the Northamptonshire Youth Justice Plan 2025-26, and the terms of reference for a Community Governance Review. They also agreed to introduce council tax premiums for long-term empty properties and second homes, and set the council tax base for 2026/27.
Planning Committee - Wednesday 10th December, 2025 7.00 pm
The North Northamptonshire Council Planning Committee met to discuss three planning applications, including a controversial proposal to modify an agreement for retail provision at the Stanton Cross development. The committee refused the modification to the Stanton Cross agreement, but approved the applications for a house extension in Raunds and a classroom replacement at Millbrook Junior School in Kettering, subject to conditions and further review.
Audit and Governance Committee - Monday 1st December, 2025 2.00 pm
The Audit and Governance Committee convened to discuss internal audit plans, risk management, and policies for fraud prevention and whistleblowing, and approved the recommendations that were put forward.
Decisions from Meetings
203 decisions · Page 27 of 41
General Fund Final Budget 2025-26 and Medium-Term Financial Plan
From: Budget Executive, Executive - Thursday 6th February, 2025 10.00 am - February 06, 2025
...to recommend to Council for approval the General Fund Final Budget 2025-26 and Medium-Term Financial Plan, including a revenue budget of £827.905m, a Council Tax requirement of £214.835m, an average Band D Council Tax of £1,827.06, pressures of £51.6m, savings of £26.3m, a Dedicated Schools Grant budget of £427.2m, and a contingency sum of £2.6m, along with the Treasury Management Strategy for 2025-26 and the Flexible Use of Capital Receipts Strategy.
Recommendations Approved
Annual Budget Scrutiny Report 2025/26 (Budget Consultation Submission from the Budget Scrutiny Panel of Corporate Scrutiny Committee)
From: Budget Executive, Executive - Thursday 6th February, 2025 10.00 am - February 06, 2025
...to receive the Annual Budget Scrutiny Report for 2025/26, endorse the enhanced budget scrutiny process, and delegate authority to Executive Directors to agree on an action plan to respond to the report's recommendations.
Recommendations Approved
Capital Programme 2025-2029
From: Budget Executive, Executive - Thursday 6th February, 2025 10.00 am - February 06, 2025
...to recommend to the Full Council the approval of the General Fund and HRA Capital Programmes for 2025-29, the Capital Strategy including a borrowing limit of £749.1m, and amendments to the Constitution reflecting changes in the Capital Strategy, while also delegating authority to the Executive Director of Finance and Performance to agree on necessary variations to the capital budget before April 1, 2025.
Recommendations Approved
Housing Revenue Account (HRA) Final Budget 2025-26 and Medium-Term Financial Plan
From: Budget Executive, Executive - Thursday 6th February, 2025 10.00 am - February 06, 2025
...to recommend to the Full Council the 2025/26 Housing Revenue Account Budget, a 2.7% increase in dwelling rents for 2025/26, and the Housing Revenue Account Medium Term Financial Plan for 2026/27 to 2029/30.
Recommendations Approved
Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy
From: Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am - January 16, 2025
...to approve a revised Private Sector Housing Assistance Policy that includes increasing the Discretionary Disabled Facilities Grant (Top-Up) to £20,000, removing means testing for equipment cases up to £10,000, not means testing parents for children’s applications regarding the Discretionary DFG Grant (Top-Up), waiving land charges in specific circumstances, introducing a Fast Tracking
process for urgent cases, covering dementia grants for specific adaptations, introducing Motor Neurone Disease (MND) grants with disregarded earnings, establishing an independent panel for discretionary grants exceeding limits, covering extended warranties and call-out fees for equipment, expediting grant applications for private and social tenants, reviewing non-mandatory work proposals, maintaining the HomeMove Grant conditions, and replacing several grants with one Home Repair Grant.
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 53
Average per Month: 2.1
Decisions Recorded: 203