Northampton council housing built in the 1930’s

Northampton council housing built in the 1930’s
The town expanded during the 1920s and council housing was built largely to the east, north and south of the town, including Abington, Far Cotton,  Kingsley, Kingsthorpe and Dallington – areas which had been incorporated within the borough’s boundaries in 1901 … the building of council homes continued though the 1930’s … with estates like Spencer
Abington 1930’s council housing
			start year	end year
BIRCHFIELD ROAD EAST	Abington		1933	1935
DANEFIELD ROAD	Abington		1933	1935
FIELDWAY	Abington		1933	1934
CAMBRIA CRESCENT	Abington		1934	1935
MERCIA GARDENS	Abington		1934	1934
NORTHUMBRIA GARDENS	Abington		1934	1935
WESSEX WAY	Abington		1934	1934
WHEATFIELD ROAD	Abington		1937	1937
WHEATFIELD ROAD	Abington		1937	1937
Dallington 1930’s council housing
			start year	end year
BARING HOUSE DALLINGTON ROAD	Dallington		1935	1935
Duston 1930’s council housing
			start year	end year
MAIN ROAD	Duston		1930	1930
WESTFIELD ROAD DUSTON	Duston		1938	1938
Hardingstone 1930’s council housing
			start year	end year
THE WARREN	Hardingstone		1936	1936
Kingsley 1930’s council housing
			start year	end year
FAIRFIELD ROAD	Kingsley		1931	1931
MALCOLM ROAD	Kingsley		1931	1932
RAEBURN ROAD	Kingsley		1931	1932
WALLACE GARDENS	Kingsley		1931	1931
WALLACE ROAD	Kingsley		1931	1931
WALLACE TERRACE	Kingsley		1931	1931
HAZELDENE ROAD	Kingsley		1932	1932
KENMUIR AVENUE	Kingsley		1932	1933
KENMUIR CRESCENT	Kingsley		1932	1933
ROTHESAY ROAD	Kingsley		1932	1932
ROTHESAY TERRACE	Kingsley		1932	1932
MALCOLM TERRACE	Kingsley		1933	1933
Kingsthorpe 1930’s council housing
			start year	end year
KINGSLAND AVENUE	Kingsthorpe		1930	1935
LANGDALE ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1930	1930
QUEENSLAND GARDENS	Kingsthorpe		1930	1931
ROSEDALE ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1930	1931
ST DAVIDS ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1930	1930
KINGSLAND GARDENS	Kingsthorpe		1931	1931
NURSERY LANE	Kingsthorpe		1931	1936
DORSET ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1934	1935
MORRIS ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1934	1934
WINDYRIDGE	Kingsthorpe		1934	1934
CRANFORD ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1935	1936
DORSET GARDENS	Kingsthorpe		1935	1935
EASTERN AVENUE	Kingsthorpe		1935	1939
WEST RIDGE	Kingsthorpe		1935	1935
CRANFORD HOUSE KINGSLAND AVE	Kingsthorpe		1936	1936
HASTINGS ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1936	1937
YELVERTOFT ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1936	1936
BARNWELL ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1939	1939
WAKEFIELD ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1939	1939
WHISTON ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1939	1939
Spencer 1930’s council housing
			start year	end year
GLADSTONE ROAD	Spencer		1934	1939
COUNTESS ROAD	Spencer		1937	1938
MONMOUTH ROAD	Spencer		1937	1937
NEWPORT ROAD	Spencer		1937	1937
TINTERN AVENUE	Spencer		1937	1939
ABERDARE ROAD	Spencer		1938	1939
BRECON STREET	Spencer		1938	1938
CAMROSE ROAD	Spencer		1938	1938
PEMBROKE CRESCENT	Spencer		1938	1938
PEMBROKE ROAD	Spencer		1938	1938
STREATFEILD ROAD	Spencer		1938	1939
SWANSEA CRESCENT	Spencer		1938	1938
MERTHYR ROAD	Spencer		1939	1939
PENARTH ROAD	Spencer		1939	1939
TENBY ROAD	Spencer		1939	1939
Spring Boroughs 1930’s council housing
			start year	end year
COMPTON HOUSE LOWER BATH ST.	Spring Boroughs		1936	1936
CRISPIN HOUSE LOWER BATH ST.	Spring Boroughs		1936	1936
GRAFTON HOUSE SCARLETWELL ST	Spring Boroughs		1936	1936
PRIORY HOUSE LOWER CROSS ST	Spring Boroughs		1936	1936
DODDRIDGE HOUSE	Spring Boroughs		1938	1938
ST PETERS HOUSE CASTLE STREET	Spring Boroughs		1938	1938
Wootton 1930’s council housing
			start year	end year
NEW ROAD	Wooton		1938	1938
WATER LANE	Wooton		1938	1938
HIGH STREET WOOTTON	Wooton		1939	1939

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Northampton council housing estates of the 1920’s

Northampton Council Housing by Norman Adams – March 2019
The town expanded during the 1920s and council housing was built largely to the east, north and south of the town, including Abington, Far Cotton,  Kingsley, Kingsthorpe and Dallington – areas which had been incorporated within the borough’s boundaries in 1901
Housing started in 1921			start year	end year
BRITON ROAD	Abington		1921	1926
WHEATFIELD ROAD	Abington		1921	1927
WHEATFIELD GARDENS	Abington		1921	1922
NORMAN ROAD	Abington		1921	1926
SAXON STREET	Abington		1921	1922
LONDON ROAD	Far Cotton		1921	1921
TOWCESTER ROAD	Far Cotton		1921	1921
PLEYDELL ROAD	Far Cotton		1921	1925
QUEEN ELEANOR ROAD	Far Cotton		1921	1923
QUEEN ELEANOR TERRACE	Far Cotton		1921	1922
PILGRIMS PLACE	Far Cotton		1921	1922
DRYDEN ROAD	Dallington		1921	1922
SULGRAVE ROAD	Dallington		1921	1922
WARREN ROAD	Dallington		1921	1922
HEATHVILLE	Kings Heath		1921	1921
Housing started in 1922			start year	end year
BIRCHFIELD ROAD EAST	Abington		1922	1923
BROADWAY EAST	Abington		1922	1926
LINDSAY AVENUE	Abington		1922	1927
LEWIS ROAD	Dallington		1922	1925
DALLINGTON ROAD	Dallington		1922	1925
Housing started in 1923			start year	end year
BOUGHTON GREEN ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1923	1923
BRITON GARDENS	Abington		1923	1923
WHEATFIELD TERRACE	Abington		1923	1926
BROADWAY EAST	Abington		1923	1926
HEREWARD ROAD	Far Cotton		1923	1923
FAWSLEY ROAD	Far Cotton		1923	1924
BLENHEIM ROAD	Far Cotton		1923	1924
FOREST ROAD	Far Cotton		1923	1925
STEVENSON STREET	Far Cotton		1923	1925
Housing started in 1924			start year	end year
ARTHUR STREET	Kingsthorpe Hollow		1924	1927
BUNTING ROAD	Kingsthorpe Hollow		1924	1924
BALFOUR ROAD	Kingsthorpe Hollow		1924	1927
RUSKIN ROAD	Kingsthorpe Hollow		1924	1926
MERCIA GARDENS	Abington		1924	1924
HIGH STREET WESTON FAVELL	Weston Favell		1924	1924
CHURCH LANE	Little Billing		1924	1924
BERRY LANE	Wotton		1924	1924
ST LEONARDS ROAD	Far Cotton		1924	1924
SALCEY STREET	Far Cotton		1924	1925
Housing started in 1925			start year	end year
CRANFORD ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1925	1926
PARK AVENUE NORTH	Abington		1925	1925
BEECH AVENUE	Abington		1925	1926
ROCKINGHAM ROAD	Far Cotton		1925	1926
EASTFIELD ROAD FAR COTTON	Far Cotton		1925	1925
Housing started in 1926			start year	end year
BEECHCROFT GARDENS	Abington		1926	1926
ASHCROFT GARDENS	Abington		1926	1926
CHESTNUT TERRACE	Abington		1926	1926
ADDISON ROAD	Abington		1926	1927
NORTHWOOD ROAD	Abington		1926	1927
DANEFIELD ROAD	Abington		1926	1927
DANEWOOD GARDENS	Abington		1926	1926
THORPE ROAD	Far Cotton		1926	1926
Housing started in 1927			start year	end year
KINGSLEY ROAD	Kingsley		1927	1927
MILTON STREET NORTH	Kingsley		1927	1927
RANDALL ROAD	Kingsley		1927	1928
CARLTON GARDENS	Kingsley		1927	1927
ROMANY ROAD	Kingsley		1927	1928
RYLAND ROAD	Kingsley		1927	1927
CARLTON ROAD	Kingsley		1927	1927
BROOKFIELD ROAD	Kingsley		1927	1928
LINDSAY TERRACE	Abington		1927	1927
WEEDON ROAD	St James		1927	1928
ROSEBERY AVENUE	St James		1927	1929
WESTFIELD ROAD ST JAMES	St James		1927	1928
Housing started in 1928			start year	end year
ST ANDREWS ROAD	Kingsthorpe Hollow		1928	1929
NORFOLK TERRACE	Kingsthorpe Hollow		1928	1928
WAVERLEY ROAD	Kingsley		1928	1928
NURSERY LANE	Kingsthorpe		1928	1929
ST DAVIDS ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1928	1929
LANGDALE ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1928	1929
BRITON TERRACE	Abington		1928	1928
STIRLING STREET	St James		1928	1928
FRANKLIN STREET	St James		1928	1928
BARING ROAD	Dallington		1928	1928
Housing started in 1929			start year	end year
CAMBRIDGE STREET	Kingsthorpe Hollow		1929	1929
SEMILONG ROAD	Kingsthorpe Hollow		1929	1929
KETTERING ROAD	Kingsley		1929	1929
FAIRFIELD ROAD	Kingsley		1929	1929
RAEBURN ROAD	Kingsley		1929	1929
KINGSLAND AVENUE	Kingsthorpe		1929	1929
ROSEDALE ROAD	Kingsthorpe		1929	1929

National housing activist to be remembered in Northampton

Alan Walter, political activist, born 8 October 1957; died 7 March 2009

Northampton Defend Council Housing will be showing remembrance to ALAN Walter who was central to Defend Council Housing’s work; he will be remembered in Spring Boroughs, Northampton

Norman Adams of Northampton Defend Council housing said today “We are thinking out of the box, and we will be doing something that we feel sure Alan would have approved of” sometime in March

Time/Place and action still to be finalised

 

Norman Adams – How I remember Alan Walter… he managed to combine being a straightforward, ordinary bloke with being an inspirational force… a master of the arts of the agitator and brilliant organiser.

Alan Walter, political activist, born 8 October 1957; died 7 March 2009

Alan Walter, who died aged 51 after a heart attack, was a master of the arts of the agitator and organiser. He was involved in grassroots politics throughout his life, but it was in the area of council housing that he had his greatest successes

He was a Camden council tenant who believed that good, affordable council housing was the best way of improving the lot of the people – education and health care would be meaningless without it.

I always found Alan’s arguments made sense and often gave meetings a purpose and direction that no one else could. He cut through the crap, his knowledge and commitment was central to Defend Council Housing’s work, and to drawing in the support of the labour and trades union movement for this vital issue.

RIP mate

Council Rents

Norman Adams … Northampton Council Rents from 2015

The Government published its policy on rents for local authority owned social housing from April 2015 onwards. The guidance confirmed the intention to proceed with its policy of ending rent convergence in April 2015, and that CPI plus 1% would form the basis of rent increases for the next ten years.

The certainty of the 10 year settlement was short-lived; on 8 July 2015 (Summer Budget 2015) the Chancellor announced that rents in social housing would be reduced by 1% a year for four years resulting in a 12% reduction in average rents by 2020-21.

This policy change was unexpected and was greeted with some dismay by Northampton Partnership Homes who had to model the impact on their business plans.

Now we know that increases to social housing rents will be limited to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus 1% for 5 years from April 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adams notes: that CPI+1% is the maximum increase but landlords (in our case the council) will have discretion to apply a smaller (or indeed no) increase based on local circumstances.

BUT as this brief history shows government policy can change very fast and leave business plans in danger if not in tatters

What would it take to shut him up?

What would it take to shut him up?

Northampton Partnership homes can and have managed to demolish and redevelop and let at “Social Rents” it was achieved for the new properties at Little Cross Street

More than one person as asked what it would take to shut me up over this proposed development at Castle Street, Spring Boroughs, Northampton

Simples, someone with the authority to send an email like the one sent below…

 

I know this is an issue for you so I thought you would appreciate the heads up that we are letting the new properties at Little Cross Street on “Social Rents”

What you need is Social housing NOT social cleansing

Social housing NOT social cleansing

Norman Adams has been talking to tenants in Spring Boroughs again… He said “I recall standing here when Alan Moore said what you need is Social housing NOT social cleansing” I agreed with Alan at the time… We need to nail down if this proposed development will exclude any of the tenants from returning because of rent costs”.

Adams continued … we need to nail down what rent regime the new development will be … many of the tenants don’t have the deep pockets that the so called ‘Affordable’ rent model would require

Intention to Demolish Notice issued

Intention to Demolish Notice issued

News Date:

Friday, February 22, 2019

NPH are currently talking to residents at St Mary’s and Berkeley House on a proposal to redevelop the area and build 126 new homes.

Since 2016, NPH’s Major Works Team has been working with Spring Boroughs residents to invest in their homes and the neighbourhood. This includes new Council homes, the refurbishment of existing homes, as well as environmental and landscaping works. In addition NPH have built a new shop, community room, play area and outdoor gym area at Spring Boroughs.

Residents living in St. Marys and Berkeley House have raised a number of concerns with their blocks, some of which NPH cannot address through refurbishment works. This is due to the extent of works needed.

The proposal being discussed with residents would involve demolishing blocks at Berkeley House and St. Mary’s Court to build 126 new homes on the site.

Helen Town, Assistant Director of Asset Management and Development explained:

“We understand that residents will find this news unsettling and it will cause significant upheaval for individuals and families. The welfare of our residents is our priority and we have a team of specialist staff in place to support each household according to their specific needs. We are talking to everyone affected by these proposals and their views will be taken into account before we submit a planning application for the development”.

On 21st February 2019, on behalf of Northampton Borough Council, NPH sent a legal notice called Intention to Demolish Notice to all residents in the two blocks. Receiving the legal notice does not mean demolition will start anytime soon, but it does let residents know formally that their home could be demolished as part of the proposal.

Helen Town continued:

“We have been to meet individual residents over the last ten days, and are still meeting with all residents at St Mary’s and Berkeley House to talk about these proposals for the two buildings and hear about what residents think. For some time, residents have raised concerns about the condition of the two buildings, the security, lack of parking and green space. There is also a need for larger homes and we have been looking at how we can address these issues”.

If planning is approved, NPH intend to improve accommodation for existing residents as well as create 40 additional Council homes in the area, many of which will be suitable for families.

END

NOTES  by Northampton Defend Council Housing …

The properties in the frame are:

1-36 Berkeley House, Castle Street, Spring Boroughs, Northampton, NN1 2RQ

37-60 Berkeley House, Castle Street, Spring Boroughs, Northampton, NN1 2RQ

1-22 St Mary’s Court, Horsemarket, Spring Boroughs, Northampton, NN1 2SL

 

Ownership
Lease Hold	12	15%
Council	70	85%
Mix
1 bed	44	54%
2 bed	12	14%
3 bed	26	32%

 

What next, we would expect that the Housing Regeneration Policy will be followed

• Housing Regeneration Policy that sets out the principles and processes that will be applied and followed when regeneration involves demolition or reconfiguration and the works make it necessary for residents to move permanently out of their homes.

Housing Regeneration Policy

 

Like large swathes of Northampton the homes in question are unexceptional 1960,s buildings
We at this stage don’t intend any protests about the plan that would allow for the site to be replaced with more attractive buildings, which also involves creating more council homes.
Of course we add a number of caveats i.e. that ALL are council owned and will be social rent

NPH have published the following today (7 March 2019)

Berkeley House and St Mary’s Court Development – 1

https://www.northamptonpartnershiphomes.org.uk/berkeley-house-and-st-marys-court-development-1

 

Berkeley House and St Mary’s Court Development – 2

https://www.northamptonpartnershiphomes.org.uk/berkeley-house-and-st-marys-court-development-2