2021 campaign to close the Kilsby A5 layby

A further incident of fly-tipping has been reported to the council today.

More litter continues to be dumped every day

A second meeting was held with WNC Councillors Alan Chantley and Malcolm Longley last week to discuss progress in the cleanup of the layby to the north of Kilsby on the A5, which has been a litter eyesore, fly-tipping site, and health hazard for many years. We are delighted that progress appears to be being made, especially as we still see litter being dumped every day; the photograph here was taken last week.

In addition, we now know that Continue reading →

Volunteers haven’t stepped forward to create a campaign group

Despite 300 signatures, several newspaper articles, support from our MP, and promised intervention as a result of this campaign from Network Rail and Prologis, no volunteers have stepped forward from the village to form Continue reading →

Cleanup campaigner David Head met (virtually) with councillors from the new West Northamptonshire Council on Friday (21 May) to discuss the problems that have been highlighted by the campaign and as a result Continue reading →

Gearbox fly-tipped on A5 layby site

As many Kilsby residents are aware, I wanted to wait until after our MPs visit to the layby and judge how much support from residents there is for action about the layby on the A5 before making a decision about how to proceed.

The response has been Continue reading →

Chris HH MP at layby with residents, click for full size image

Visiting the site of the Kilsby A5 layby today, Northamptonshire MP Chris Heaton-Harris  acknowledged that despite recent efforts to clean-up the eyesore there were still “tons” of rubbish causing problems, stating “You have a specific, very well defined problem that needs some action here!”

Chris also indicated that he would Continue reading →

Rubbish cleared: Click for full size image

As a result of community activity and (we assume) a response to our MP’s recent intervention, the council have cleared a lot of flytipping and litter  away from the site this week.

We truly welcome this, it’s a vast improvement and does help to Continue reading →

Community support is growing for the campaign

The latest figures for the registered support for the campaign to secure the closure of the layby on the A5 to the north of Kilsby have been released.

Support has been confirmed by Continue reading →

Click for the online article

The Daventry Express has carried an article about the layby on the A5 and the coming visit to the site by our MP Chris Heaton-Harris.

The article was published online and Continue reading →