Current Campaigns

Officers from Northampton Borough Council wish to speak with these two individuals who were seen dumping rubbish into our Semilong Northampton community.

If you know who they are, please contact SEMILONG.ORG.

Please remember, flytipping is a criminal offence with a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison or an unlimited fine !!

When seen we will publish photographs and videos of flytippers disposing of their rubbish on the streets of our community.

Our aim is to stop our Semilong Northampton neighbourhood looking like a rubbish tip.

[read about our campaign here]

Semilong Northampton Litter Lout 1

This LITTER LOUT casually threw his litter on the ground with no regard to the people who live, work or pass through Semilong Northampton.

[read the article here]

Litter is a permanent problem in our neighbourhood and despite it costing thousands to clear up, some people think it is still alright to throw there litter on the ground.

Our aim is to make these litter louts think twice about using Semilong Northampton streets as a litter bin and to reduce the amount of litter that our residents have to put up with.

[read about our campaign here]

As this map of reported crime shows, our Semilong Northampton neighbourhood is a crime hotspot, with the crime rate figures never falling below the HIGH mark.

Our aim is to help to reduce that figure by highlighting the publiscised crime in our neighbourhood.

We will also support the Semilong Neighbourhood Watch Scheme.

For crime prevention advice and tips please see the Neighbourhood Watch site.

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Road & Pathway Maintenance In Semilong Northampton

The state of the road network in Semilong Northampton is a total disgrace. There is no other area with as many potholes and worn tarmac. The cracked and uneven pavements are not that much better.

It really is surprising the compensation cost alone is not forcing the Northamptonshire County Council to improve our community's roads and footpaths.

However, the Northamptonshire County Council answer is..do absolutely nothing unless it really really needs it and then just a quick patch repair which is good for a few months until residents need to ask them again for a repair to be done.

When are they going to realise, that a quick patch is not the answer? Our roads need a total relaying of tarmac.

Article date: December 2008

Update: January 2009

Northamptonshire County Council inform the county that they will stop making temporary repairs to roads. Instead they will repair the roads properly the first time.

I am sure that every resident of Semilong Northampton will look forward to that.

Pavement Maintenance

Walk along almost any street in Semilong Northampton and there are cracked paving slabs, uneven paving slabs or degraded tarmac. SEMILONG.ORG raised this as an issue and were told its not a problem.

Unfortunately, we say it is. Not only does it give a negative view of Semilong which encourages crime and anti-social behaviour, it is also dangerous.

We are told there must be a 2cm difference in the level of the slabs in order for the council to act. That may be the statutory requirement but what about the requirement to look after our community. Even less than 2cms people, particularly the old or very young, can trip over, whilst the negative appearance affects everyone.

One path which is very often used, even by Northampton Borough Council staff, is the short cut through the car park on Mill Road in Semilong. It is a makeshift (but apparently permanent) pathway to say the least. The council have thrown a paving slab into a patch of ground between two parts of a hedge. As the path is up an incline there is a step up of about a foot. [See the photograph opposite] The step up has been many a resident's and visitor's undoing.

SEMILONG.ORG have requested that the Council take a look at it and do a risk assessment on the pathway.

We are certain, this pathway needs either to be constructed properly with the step up reduced, or removed completely. As it has been used extensively, and tripped up from extensively, for quite some years, a mere taking away of the slab will not be enough as the shortcut will still be available and used. SEMILONG.ORG believe that if the alternative option is taken to remove the shortcut that the car park should be enclosed.

We, as a community together, can make a difference.

Semilong Road Maintenance Issues Include...

Blocked drains are a problem in Semilong Northampton

Blocked drains on Semilong Northampton roads.

Flytipping in Semilong Northampton is commonplace.

Fly-tipping covers a car park in Mill Road in Semilong Northampton where only in the next street, in St George's Street, parking is a serious problem for residents and endangers children going to school.
[Read the article here]

Roads in Semilong Northampton are in a disgraceful state of repair

Roads in Semilong Northampton are in a disgraceful state of repair. A true rollercoaster of disaster, uneven, pot-holed & dangerous.
[Read the article here]

Barricades across roads in Semilong Northampton

Lower Harding Street in Semilong Northampton with barricades on making driving from one end of Semilong to the other a nightmare.
[Read the article here]