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Spothole beginning on Wootton Road

Reported via desktop in the Potholes / Highway Condition category by Peter Shellard at 13:33, Mon 25 August 2025

Sent to West Northamptonshire Council less than a minute later. FixMyStreet ref: 8070138.

I first noticed this a week ago - a small hole in the road, but which gets bigger each day. If unrepaired, it will eventually cause a crash. It's almost opposite the gate below Lower Farm, as per the map, in the road towards Wootton from Quinton, and the hole is just under the left wheel as you drive over it. Thanks..

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 13:33, Mon 25 August 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 4 repair. We will schedule a repair to be completed within 26 weeks. Our current average response time for a Priority 4 repair is 59 days.

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 08:27, Thu 28 August 2025

  • Still open, via questionnaire, 15:49, Mon 22 September 2025

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

    State changed to: Action scheduled

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:25, Wed 24 September 2025

  • This needs fixing asap. When I first reported it on 25 August it was small. It's now a foot wide and getting deeper each day. Unless it's fixed very soon, someone will get a wheel caught in it and have an accident on this sharp bend.

    Thanks

    Posted anonymously at 10:50, Mon 6 October 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 13/06025

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 08:16, Tue 7 October 2025

  • Pothole has now eroded further and cars are having to use the other side of the road to avoid the pothole.

    Posted anonymously at 07:54, Fri 10 October 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Scheduled Maintenance), 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 13/06/25
    For more information about our services, please visit https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/ parking-roads-and-transport
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 13:11, Fri 10 October 2025

  • Do you mean 13/10/25 maybe?

    Posted anonymously at 14:33, Fri 10 October 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Scheduled Maintenance), 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 on or before 25/2/26
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 08:29, Mon 13 October 2025

  • You've sent me an update saying it will be fixed on or before 25 February next year. If you leave it that long, the hole will be five times the size it is now (and it is already beginning to cause danger as cars move over to the other lane to avoid it) and will become a serious hazard to life.

    Posted anonymously at 15:33, Mon 13 October 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Scheduled Maintenance), 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 on or before 25/2/26 hopefully sooner.
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 17:36, Tue 14 October 2025

  • Hole has now further deteriorated, narrowly avoided a head on collision this afternoon as a car swerved to avoid the pothole.

    Posted anonymously at 18:42, Tue 14 October 2025

  • This hole is getting bigger. You can't see it in the dark, but you can feel it. People are swerving to miss this hole. It is going to cause an accident if nothing is done about it.

    Posted anonymously at 18:47, Tue 14 October 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Scheduled Maintenance), 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 on or before 25/2/26 hopefully sooner.
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 12:08, Wed 15 October 2025

  • I've had the same email three times from you in recent days - that this pothole will be repaired on or before 25 February next year. As all the respondents have pointed out, it is widening and deepening fast, and is now a real danger to life. Please act sooner.

    Posted anonymously at 13:08, Wed 15 October 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Scheduled Maintenance), 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 on or before 24/06/25
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 15:50, Wed 15 October 2025

  • After 3 messages saying this pothole would be repaired on or before 25 February 2026 - which I said was far too late in view of the danger it poses to drivers - I now have a message from you saying that it will be dealt with on or before 24 June 2025. What on earth is going on?

    Posted by Peter Shellard at 16:40, Wed 15 October 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Scheduled Maintenance), 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 on or before 24/10/25
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 17:40, Wed 15 October 2025

  • This pothole needs immediate repair.

    Posted by Peter Shellard at 16:08, Mon 20 October 2025
    Still open, via questionnaire

  • Investigation: Completed (Scheduled Maintenance), 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 on or before 24/10/25
    For more information about our services, please visit https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/ parking-roads-and-transport
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 06:45, Tue 21 October 2025

  • Pothole was still there yesterday morning 29/10/25 four days after its scheduled completion for repair. Still a hazard.

    Posted anonymously at 07:27, Thu 30 October 2025

  • Investigation: Completed (Scheduled Maintenance), 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 newcompletion date for these works will be on or before 07/11/2025
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    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:56, Thu 30 October 2025

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

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 09:57, Thu 30 October 2025

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

    State changed to: In progress

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 11:11, Fri 7 November 2025

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

    State changed to: Fixed

    Posted by West Northamptonshire Council at 11:25, Fri 7 November 2025

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