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Blocked drain on Puxley Road

Reported via desktop in the Blocked - flooding road/path category anonymously at 09:11, Tue 20 May 2025

Sent to West Northamptonshire Council less than a minute later. ref: 7593418.

Blocked drain on Puxley Road, just south of the Deanshanger Post Office. The drain is blocked and water is starting to overflow the grating. Requires urgent inspection before it starts to flood onto the road.

Updates

  • Thank you for reporting a fault. Officers will now investigate the concerns and this may take up to 5 working days. If you believe that your concerns are urgent then please phone us.

    State changed to: Investigating

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:11, Tue 20 May 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found) - Thank you for your enquiry. A qualified Highways Inspector has assessed the location and we can confirm that in accordance with the WNC Highways Inspection Manual, the defect meets the requirement for a Priority 1 repair. We will schedule a repair to be completed within 24 hours.

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 12:10, Tue 20 May 2025

  • There is no change, the drain is still full and overflowing

    Posted anonymously at 11:23, Tue 10 June 2025

  • Thank you for providing an update. Officers will now investigate the concerns and this may take up to 5 working days. If you believe that your concerns are urgent then please phone us.

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 11:24, Tue 10 June 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. A qualified Highways Inspector has assessed the location and we can confirm that in accordance with the WNC Highways Inspection Manual, the flooding has been assessed and requires a Priority 4 response. We will schedule drainage investigation work to be completed within 26 weeks. When the investigation has been completed, we will inform you of our findings and course of action. Our current average response time for a Priority 4 is 47 days.

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 08:18, Wed 11 June 2025

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    Been a on going problem, somebody attends gets ‘fixed’ then the next rainfall event we’re back to where we started. This has been like this for a few weeks now and still waiting for some attendance/update/ resolution.

    Posted anonymously at 18:10, Sat 21 June 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Not Started - Thank you for your enquiry. A qualified Highways Inspector has assessed the location and we can confirm that in accordance with the WNC Highways Inspection Manual, the flooding has been assessed and requires a Priority 4 response. We will schedule drainage investigation work to be completed within 26 weeks. When the investigation has been completed, we will inform you of our findings and course of action. Our current average response time for a Priority 4 is 47 days.
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 08:41, Mon 23 June 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Scheduled

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 10:31, Fri 25 July 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Ongoing

    State changed to: In progress

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 10:05, Fri 1 August 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Scheduled Maintenance

    State changed to: Closed

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 14:03, Mon 4 August 2025

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