About us

Daventry District Council provides essential local services for Daventry District, supporting the daily needs of residents, businesses and visitors.

The Council is composed of 38 Councillors, each of whom is chosen to represent a defined ward by its electors. Elections are by thirds, which means that one third of Daventry District Council's seats are subject to re-election in each of three successive years, and Northamptonshire County Council elections are held every fourth year. A Councillor's term of office is therefore four years, but Councillors can, of course, decide to submit themselves for re-election and continue to serve longer.

The Leader of the Council is the Leader of the Administration, which is currently the Conservative Party. The Leader of the Council is Councillor Chris Millar.

Your feedback counts. To help us improve our service to customers, we welcome your comments.
Our customer service promise to you. Excellent customer service is one of our key values and all our staff are committed to delivering the best possible standard of service to our customers.

The Vision

The Council is committed to help Build a Better District and is developing and consistently improving the way it measures and manages the performance of services to deliver improvements.

The Council's vision to Build a Better District focuses on 3 supporting objectives;

Improve our Business Economy
Protect and Enhance our Environment
Healthy, Safe and Strong Communities and Individuals

Find out more about the Council's objectives and priorities

Corporate Board

Daventry District Council's Corporate Board is comprised of four directors. The four directors take the position of Managing Director on a rotating basis.

Managing Director is Ian Vincent, who is also Returning Officer for the Council.

Executive Directors are Judy Gregory and Simon Bovey, who is also the Council's Monitoring Officer.

Judy Gregory
Executive Director

PA: Louise Stone
01327 302266

Ian Vincent
Managing Director

PA: Amy James

01327 302436

Simon Bovey
Executive Director

PA: Fiona Rye

01327 302400

Corporate Managers

The Council's services are managed on a day-to-day basis by six Corporate Managers.

Corporate Manager, Customer Services – Paula Green

One Stop Shop, Contact Centre, Rural Information Services, IT Services, Business process Re-engineering, External and Internal Communications, Housing Advice, Administration Services, Governance & Elections

Corporate Manager, Environmental Protection – Tony Gillet

Development Control, Building Control, Enforcement (including private sector Housing enforcement), Health & Safety, Pest control/Dog Control, Pollution control, Food Safety/Health Promotion, Licensing

Corporate Manager, Development and Property – Simon Bowers

Town Development, Economic Development, Asset Property Management, Facilities Management, Construction, Town Centre Management, Emergency Planning, Procurement, Legal Services

Corporate Manager, Public Space – Jo Gilford

Waste Management, Environment Cleansing & Enforcement, Countryside Services, Grounds Maintenance, Sports & Play Development, Cemetery, Markets

Corporate Manager, Community – Maria Taylor

Community Strategy, Coordination of partnership initiatives, Local Area Agreement/Local Strategic Partnership, Performance, Spatial Planning, Housing Strategy, Homeless Strategy / allocations ,community cohesion, Medical Officer Housing, Care & Repair, Private Sector Housing, Disabled facilities grants, Community Safety, Voluntary Sector Support, Environmental Promotion (including Energy Conservation), Human Resources & organisational development / change

Corporate Manager, Finance – Nick Stringfellow

Accountancy, Internal Audit, Revenues, Benefits