Councillor Helen Howell
Email: helen.howell@northnorthants.gov.uk
Council: North Northamptonshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
55 meetings · Page 1 of 11
Place and Environment Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday 16th December, 2025 7.00 pm
Scrutiny Management Board - Monday 15th December, 2025 7.00 pm, PROVISIONAL
Council - Thursday 11th December, 2025 6.00 pm
The upcoming North Northamptonshire Council meeting will address key issues including the adoption of a new Corporate Plan, approval of the Corporate Parenting Board's annual report, and proposed changes to council tax premiums. Councillors will also discuss the Youth Justice Plan, the Local Council Tax Support Scheme, and a Community Governance Review.
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.
Place and Environment Scrutiny Committee - Tuesday 23rd September, 2025 6.30 pm, NEW
The Place and Environment Scrutiny Committee of North Northamptonshire Council met on 23 September 2025 to discuss a range of issues, including fire safety, cemetery regulations, transport, and community involvement in planning. The committee scrutinised a draft housing fire safety policy, provided feedback on proposed cemetery regulations, discussed the development of a local transport plan, and considered a revised statement of community involvement.
Decisions from Meetings
165 decisions · Page 19 of 33
Earls Barton Primary School Expansion - Additional Funding
From: Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am - January 16, 2025
...to approve £761.3k of additional funding from DFE Basic Needs Funding for the Earls Barton Primary School Expansion and delegate project delivery to the Executive Director of Children’s Services in consultation with the Executive Member of Children, Families, Education.
Recommendations Approved
Green Hill Solar Farm
From: Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am - January 16, 2025
...to endorse a draft consultation response regarding the proposed Green Hill Solar Farm and delegate authority to the Executive Director of Place and Economy to respond to consultations during the Development Consent Order stages and to deal with post-decision matters if development consent is granted.
Recommendations approved
Highways Asset Management Policy and Strategy
From: Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am - January 16, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Active Communities Strategic Framework
From: Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am - January 16, 2025
...to adopt the Active Communities Strategy, the Leisure Facilities Strategy, and the Playing Pitch Strategy, while also delegating authority for developing detailed action and investment plans to support their delivery.
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: 55
Average per Month: 2.4
Decisions Recorded: 165