Posted 29 January 2012
Four New Homes For Helmdon
South Northants Homes (SNH), and its parent organisation Grand Union Housing Group, will soon be able to celebrate the completion of four new homes in Helmdon.
The development is on Station Road at the bottom of Grange Lane. These new homes for local people are the first to be completed under SNH's new Affordable Rent Programme with funding from the Homes and Communities Agency. There are two flats and two houses, which have all been let to local people.
A short opening ceremony will be held on 9 February.
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Posted 10 January 2012
Green Light For HS2
Many residents of South Northants will have been dismayed today to hear that the high speed rail link from London to Birmingham has been given the go ahead.
The route passes through South Northants very close to Radstone and Greatworth.
The route will pass under the Radstone road between Radstone and Brackley. Helmdon residents driving to Brackley in the future will drive on a new piece of road that starts at the Radstone turn and rises above the new railway, reconnecting with the existing road on the Brackley side of the line.
There is likely to be widespread local disruption during construction, which is expected to start in 2016/17.
Trains will be travelling at their top speed of 250 miles per hour through the section passed Brackley, which is equivalent to 1 mile every 14.5 seconds.
There has been mixed reaction to the news. Why not post your views on the message board?
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Posted 1 January 2012
Happy New Year Helmdon!
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Happy New Year - and what a year it will be!
The 2012 London Olympics start on 27 July 2012 and will deliver two weeks of sporting celebration - let's hope Britain can strike gold!
And before the Olympic games get underway Helmdon will join the rest of the country in celebrating the Queen's Golden Jubilee, with a special weekend of celebrations from 2 - 5 June 2012. The Queen came to the throne on 6 February 1952 and is only the second British Monarch to reign for sixty years or more (the other being Queen Victoria who reigned from 1837 to 1901).
Closer to home it will be a seminal year for Helmdon: Sometime in the first quarter of the year the appeal hearing will be held for the Broadview wind farm proposal, which will decide whether or not five 125 metre turbines will be built in the village. Ironically 2012 has been designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All - let's hope the Planning Inspector agrees that, whilst sustainable energy is a laudable goal, there is a right place and a wrong place for such development - and Helmdon is the wrong place.
Even without the turbines there is likely to be significant building works going on in Helmdon during 2012. The road bridge on Station Road is due to be infilled so that the traffic lights, which were first installed in February 2011, can be removed once and for all. Coincidentally, and for different reasons, the road bridge by Jeff's coaches is likely to receive similar treatment. 2012 might see the redevelopment of the Baptist Chapel site in the middle of the village but will certainly see the completion of the affordable housing development at the bottom of Grange Lane. Static the village is not.
To find out about all the events, meetings and happenings in Helmdon make sure to check out the Village Diary regularly, and get in touch if you would like to have your own event listed. The Helmdon web site is updated regularly and will keep you informed and up to date with village matters.
Whatever your plans are for 2012 the web site team wishes you a happy and safe year.
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Posted 27 December 2011
Merry Christmas Helmdon!
A very merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all residents of Helmdon - past, present and future!!
The festive weather has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. Last year we were in the grip of the coldest winter for decades, now we are having the warmest Christmas on record - barmy!
Don't forget, there's no bin collection today (Tuesday). Instead there is a collection on Saturday 31 January for the green bin and green box, then on Tuesday 3 January there will be a collection for the black bin and black box. Small Christmas trees can be left beside the green wheelie bins for the 10 January collection.
Whatever you're doing and where ever you are we hope you have a wonderful New Year and we look forward to seeing you in 2012!
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Posted 04 December 2011
Latest News Is Unappealing
It was almost inevitable, but the news is now confirmed that Broadview Energy Developments Ltd has appealed the decision to refuse planning permission for the erection of five wind turbines in Helmdon.
On 30 June 2011 South Northamptonshire Council voted unanimously to refuse permission for the proposed development but the developer has now appealed to the Secretary of State.
Details of the application and the appeal can be found on the Planning Portal. Members of the public can make comments or modify or withdraw comments made previously during application stage. All representations must be received by 30 January 2012 and must quote the appeal reference (2165035).
The Helmdon, Stuchbury & Greatworth Windfarm Action Group (HSGWAG) will likely organise a public meeting in the next few weeks to answer residents' questions and to seek financial assistance to help fight the appeal.
No date has yet been set for the inquiry but it is likely to be in Spring 2012.
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