Blocked drain on bottom of Vicarage 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 10:32, Sun 6 July 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 defect meets the requirement for a Priority 3 repair. We will schedule a repair to be completed within 28 days. Our current average response time for a Priority 3 repair is 14 days.

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 16:24, Wed 9 July 2025

• Has this drain been repaired? It looks ok when not raining but water cannot get sway

  Posted by Louisa Richards at 07:32, Tue 25 November 2025

• Investigation: Not Started (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Scheduled

  State changed to: Action scheduled

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 11:09, Wed 26 November 2025

• Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Scheduled - Thank you for your enquiry. We can confirm that we have been made aware of this issue and a works order has been raised on a routine safety inspection. The expected completion date for these works will be 12.12.2025.

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 14:15, Tue 2 December 2025

• Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: To be Rescheduled

  State changed to: Investigating

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 14:59, Sun 14 December 2025

• Repair still not completed?

  Posted anonymously at 18:30, Sunday 18 January 2026

• Repair still not completed?

  Posted anonymously at 20:58, Sunday 18 January 2026

• Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: To be Rescheduled - Thank you for your enquiry. We can confirm that we have been made aware of this issue and a works order has been raised on a routine safety inspection. We are awaiting this to be rescheduled

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 08:05, Monday 19 January 2026

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

  State changed to: Action scheduled

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 10:31, Friday 30 January 2026

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

  State changed to: In progress

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 10:03, Monday 2 February 2026

• Has this been repaired? Keir their today but not sure the drain had been unblocked?

  Posted anonymously at 16:38, Monday 2 February 2026

• Investigation: Completed (Defect Found), Defect Repair: Ongoing - Thank you for your enquiry. We can confirm that we have been made aware of this issue and a works order has been raised on a routine safety inspection. We are awaiting this to be rescheduled
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  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 08:32, Tuesday 3 February 2026

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

  State changed to: Investigating

  Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:49, Wednesday 25 February 2026