Estates Management

We manage a portfolio of around 1,000 properties, including operational buildings like headquarters (One Angel Square, Guildhall in Northampton), schools, care homes, and libraries. These facilities are essential for delivering services to West Northamptonshire residents.

Non-operational assets

Our portfolio also includes non-operational assets leased to private tenants, which provide social, economic, and environmental benefits. These assets generate significant revenue to support statutory services and corporate objectives.

Residential houses

We own many residential houses as part of our council housing stock, managed by Northampton Partnership Homes (NPH).

Our role

The Estates team:

manages the property estate
provides cost-effective, efficient property solutions
works with Facilities and Works teams to collect and analyse property data (tenure, size, occupation, cost, energy efficiency, condition)
delivers a 5-year rolling programme of asset and insurance valuations for financial reporting

This information helps us make strategic decisions to ensure our estate meets service requirements and aligns with corporate objectives.

Voluntary, Community, Social enterprise, and Faith Group Property Policy

This policy outlines our relationship with VCS organisations, providing premises based on guiding principles. Generally, leases are at market value unless qualifying for a concession.

VCS use of Property Policy

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VCS available properties

See the tables below for the list of available VCS properties.

Industrial properties

Address	Size (Sq ft)	Property type	VCSE and Faith Group Use of Property Policy - type	VCSE and Faith Group Use of Property Policy - category	Application closing date
Sheep Street Depot Sheep Street Northampton NN1 2LU	TBC	Industrial	Type III	B	On Hold

Retail properties

Address	Size (Sq ft)	Property type	VCSE and Faith Group Use of Property Policy - type	VCSE and Faith Group Use of Property Policy - category	Application closing date
20 Sheep Street Northampton NN1 2LU	TBC	Retail	Type II	B	On Hold
Food Van/Concession at the Racecourse Kettering Road Northampton NN1 4LG	TBC	Retail	Type III	B	31/12/2024
Ground floor Racecourse Pavilion Kettering Road Northampton NN1 4LG	TBC	Retail	Type II	B	31/12/2024

Office property available to let/for sale

Address	Size (Sq ft)	Property type	VCSE and Faith Group Use of Property Policy - type	VCSE and Faith Group Use of Property Policy - category	Application closing date
One Angel Square Angel Street Northampton NN1 1ED	TBC	Office pods 1, 2, 3	Type II	B	31/12/2024

Residential properties

Residential properties will appear here when they are available.

Other properties

Address	Size (Sq ft)	Property type	VCSE and Faith Group Use of Property Policy - type	VCSE and Faith Group Use of Property Policy - category	Application closing date
Kings Heath Astro Pitch North Oval Kings Heath NN5 7LN	TBC	Sports	Type I	B	31/12/2024
Southbrook Community Centre Hood Road Daventry NN11 4JS TBC	TBC	Community Centre	Type II	B	31/12/2024
Land Adj Daventry Indoor Bowls Club Browns Road Daventry NN11 4NS	TBC	Sports	Type I	B	31/12/2024
Kings Heath Boxing Club North Oval Kings Heath NN5 7LN	TBC	Sports	Type I	B	31/12/2024
Bellinge Community House Billingmead Square Northampton NN3 9AQ	TBC	Community Centre	Type II	B	31/12/2024
Former Theatre Block at Southfield School Banbury Road Brackley NN12 6AU	TBC	Community Centre	Type II	B	31/12/2024
The Elgar Centre High Street Upton Northampton NN5 4EN	TBC	Community Centre	Type II	B	31/12/2024
Kingsthorpe Recreation Ground Pavilion Harborough Road Northampton NN2 8DH	TBC	Sports	Type I	B	31/12/2024

Register your interest

If any of the properties are of interest, you need to complete the online application form before the relevant consideration date highlighted in the table.

We will assess your application form based on the criteria set out in the Policy on the Voluntary, Community, Social enterprise, and Faith Group use of property. If successful, we might ask you for further documentation including a business case.