It is unfortunate that residents living on the Southbrook estate suffer so badly from a very poor environment.
One gets the impression that many do not have the choice to live in a nicer area.

Although the Lang Farm and Southbrook estates are polar opposites in economic terms, the former being affluent and the latter being poor, this should not be the dividing feature. Both estates have common ground.
They are both in the Hill ward on Daventry District Council, as well as the Daventry East Division on the county council, and both have a distinct lack of community facilities which must be developed and nurtured so that local residents can help themselves and each other.

I understand the need for Daventry town centre to be improved to cater for the growth of the district.
However, one must ask why vast amounts of money are being spent on an unpopular canal arm and a pioneering 'pod' transport system.
After all, this money would be better spent on local communities. In any case, it is likely that the 'pod' transport system will become a victim of crime anyway.

Whether the diverse communities of the district are middle class, working class, rural or urban, they share common needs and wants, such as good public transport, affordable homes, community facilities, tackling crime, as well as an attractive built and rural environment.
We all have a right to live in a safe, clean, attractive community.
James Thurston
Eton Close
Weedon Bec