Councillor Helen Harrison
Email: helen.harrison@northnorthants.gov.uk
Council: North Northamptonshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
33 meetings · Page 1 of 7
Health Scrutiny Committee - Thursday 5th February, 2026 7.00 pm
The Health Scrutiny Committee of North Northamptonshire Council is scheduled to consider reports on the performance and availability of general practice and dental services. The committee will also review its work plan for the upcoming period.
Corporate Scrutiny Committee - Monday 26th January, 2026 7.00 pm
The Corporate Scrutiny Committee of North Northamptonshire Council met on Monday 26 January 2026 to review the draft budget for 2026-27 and the Corporate Scrutiny Work Plan. The committee approved recommendations relating to the minutes of the previous meeting, the draft General Fund budget update, and the final scrutiny of the 2026/27 draft budget.
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.
Health Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday 18th November, 2025 7.00 pm
The North Northamptonshire Council Health Scrutiny Committee met to discuss winter preparedness, and safeguarding adults, and to review the committee's work plan. The committee approved recommendations related to winter preparedness, the Northamptonshire Safeguarding Adults Board annual report, and the health scrutiny work plan.
Council - Thursday 30th October, 2025 6.00 pm
North Northamptonshire Council met to discuss the Northamptonshire Youth Justice Plan, and to agree changes to the political balance on council committees. The council approved the recommendations set out in the Northamptonshire Youth Justice Plan 2024/25, and also approved changes to political balance on its committees.
Decisions from Meetings
107 decisions · Page 19 of 22
Knights Farm, Rushden – Overage Agreement
From: Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am - January 16, 2025
...to ensure the continuation of the overage agreement for Knights Farm in Rushden, they agreed to extend the Planning Longstop date in the Promotion Agreement to April 2026 and delegated authority for further extensions if needed.
Recommendations Approved
Capital Programme Update 2024/25
From: Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am - January 16, 2025
...to update the 2024/25 capital programme by approving additional budgets for the Earls Barton School expansion, Swanspool Tennis Courts refurbishment, and West Glebe Park astroturf resurfacing, funded through a combination of grants, capital receipts, and budget virements.
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
English Devolution White Paper & the Creation of Strategic Authorities
From: Extraordinary Council, Council - Thursday 9th January, 2025 6.00 pm - January 09, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Political Balance on Council Committees
From: Extraordinary Council, Council - Thursday 9th January, 2025 6.00 pm - January 09, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 33
Average per Month: 1.3
Decisions Recorded: 107