Demography
The United Kingdom Census 2001 showed there were 713 people living in the village, 344 male, 369 female, with average age 45.21 years (the 2011 estimated population is 763). There were 302 dwellings, 280 of them with central heating and 218 being owner occupied. The United Kingdom Census 2011 is expected to show a 10% increase in people and houses. The surrounding South Northamptonshire district is rural and sparsely populated with just over 80,000 people in 2000.
New development within the village boundary is restricted to infill development only. A new housing development of 14 houses was completed in Chestnut Close in 2008. Smaller ones of 6 dwellings was begun in 2010 for the derelict Home Farm site off Malzor Lane and one or two others elsewhere. Also in 2010 a proposal for 25 houses for a site off Stockwell Way was opposed by the parish council and refused by the district council as it was outside the village boundary and contrary to district council adopted policy. Planning details can be accessed via the parish council website. Possible urban extensions to Northampton were proposed in 2007 by the West Northamptonshire Joint Planning Unit, a group formed by Northampton Borough Council, South Northamptonshire District Council and Daventry District Council. These proposals included extensions on land in the parish between the M1 motorway, north of the village, A43 by-pass (west), A508 trunk road (east) and the West Coast main railway line to the south. A parkway station south the village was also mentioned but train operators do not want further stops on the line between London and Rugby via Northampton. Possible expansion of Northampton south of the M1 affecting the village were excluded from draft proposals published for consulation in July 2009.
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