Matt Binley - Councillor for North Northamptonshire ( Brickhill and Queensway)

Councillor Matt Binley

 Independent  Brickhill and Queensway

Email: matthew.binley@northnorthants.gov.uk

Council: North Northamptonshire

Council Profile: View on council website

Committees: Council Executive EAP Prosperous Communities

Activity Timeline

Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.

30 meetings · Page 1 of 6

Council

Council - Thursday 6th March, 2025 6.00 pm

March 06, 2025
Council

Budget Council, Council - Thursday 20th February, 2025 10.00 am

February 20, 2025
EAP Prosperous Communities

EAP Prosperous Communities - Wednesday 22nd January, 2025 10.00 am

January 22, 2025
Executive

Executive - Thursday 16th January, 2025 10.00 am

January 16, 2025
Council

Extraordinary Council, Council - Thursday 9th January, 2025 6.00 pm

January 09, 2025

Decisions from Meetings

81 decisions · Page 3 of 17

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

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

Summary

Meetings Attended: 30

Average per Month: 2.1

Decisions Recorded: 81