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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It has now agreed in principle, in writing. Metropolitan Housing Trust has still to reply, and in principle is not a transfer. A letter can be filed. A proposition has to be answered. northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/campaigns/pen-green-lakes #PenGreenLakes

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

That is why four years of letters achieved nothing. Every one asked it to break its own rules. This time it was asked something it could lawfully say yes to.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It did not choose this site. It inherited it when Corby Development Corporation was wound up. And as a public body it has best consideration obligations, so it cannot simply hand land over for nothing.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Worth being fair about Homes England, because a lot of the commentary hasn't been. #Corby

Pen Green grassland with the Corby skyline beyond: agreed in principle, not yet agreed in law.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Find the bin: what3words ///others.scar.longer

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Corby Lib Dems proposed this as a motion backed at the CTC on 11th November. Today, it's a reality and a step further towards a safer place for all. This is part of out positive plan for Corby with more to come!

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Last October, I campaigned for a safer Corby starting with a Knife Bin plus an outreach programme. Yesterday in Corby Town Centre it was installed by the good people at Off The Streets NN CIC after funding was provided by Corby Town Council.

Alex Lock standing next to a new orange knife bin being installed against a white wall in Corby town centre.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

What made Pen Green a poor housing site is what makes it a strong habitat bank: wet ground, scrub, hedgerow, mature trees, two waterbodies. Land that pays for its own care for thirty years. northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/campaigns/pen-green-lakes

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Since 2024 most development in England must leave nature 10% better off. Developers who cannot manage it on their own site buy the difference from land registered as a habitat bank.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The honest question about a community asset isn't whether people want it. It's who pays to look after it in year fifteen. Pen Green can answer that itself. #Corby #PenGreenLakes

Wet ground, scrub, hedgerow, mature trees, two waterbodies. All of it counts.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Metropolitan Housing Trust has still to reply, and in principle is not a transfer. October's Local Plan is what makes it stick. northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/campaigns/pen-green-lakes #PenGreenLakes

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This month Homes England agreed in principle, in writing, that Pen Green should become a community asset for Corby. That did not come from nowhere. It came from years of people refusing to let this land be quietly disposed of.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Mark Pengelly beat the 272 homes at Pen Green. Kevin Watt pushed the wildlife case for two years. They were right. This is their win too. #Corby

Trees at Pen Green with Corby housing beyond: they did the work for years, and it has finally moved.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I will raise with Anglian Water to see if they can confirm the meaning of the water going into the brook and ask for an explanation

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have yet to verify how that want is being pushed in but with the water pumping station there, it suggest at least overflow from the water system. It wasn't particularly pungent but it wasn't a nice fragrance. Corby demands better and demands our water not be a dumping ground for water companies.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Lib Dems have called out against the sewage scandal for ages - now it's here in #Corby just outside #PenGreenLakes. I went to see how the lakes have recovered with recent rains only to find water being inexplicably poured into Willow brook

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

At #PenGreenLakes there is Pen Green Bridge that crosses from East Lloyds into Willowbrook Industrial Estate. This path has been left poorly attended but could be a vital link to connect homes and employment for the people of Corby. It needs work and proper managing by the council to do this. #Corby

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 03/09/2026

Farage has always behaved as though the rules apply to everyone but him. These allegations against Reform look like the latest example. Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson @lisasmartmp.bsky.social has written to the police and the electoral commission asking them to investigate.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Land held for the community can be engineered to hold water on purpose. Land sold for development cannot. If the brook has taken part of your garden, please get in touch. northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/campaigns/pen-green-lakes #PenGreenLakes

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

In June 2019 this system failed badly enough to derail a train and trap over 450 passengers for seven hours. The official report found flooding records here going back to 1968.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Open ground is flood infrastructure. It just doesn't look like it. Rain that soaks into Pen Green is rain that never arrives in the gardens behind Stephenson Way. Network Rail put flood risk here at 1 in 2. #Corby

The sluice and screen on Willow Brook North from above: open ground is flood infrastructure.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Alex Bailey is our Liberal Democrat candidate for the Corby West by-election on Thursday 1 October. Alex backed the knife bin coming to Corby town centre, is pushing for trains north from Corby, and is campaigning to bring the town's fireworks back. Corby demands better.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#PenGreenLakes act as a vital defence for flooding for the rail and the homes nearby. It's an important part of the ecosystem that not only has the potential for beauty but natural flood defence. We continue to chase land owners to enable this to turn this place into a real community asset. #Corby

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

9991102 — Studfall Avenue, Corby — Cracked and deteriorating joint in carriageway surface 9990308 — Studfall Avenue, Corby — Failed patch repair with loose stones near drain in carriageway 9990309 — Studfall Avenue, Corby — Pothole in carriageway with sharp metal debris embedded

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

FLY867753772 — Kelvin Grove, Corby — Discarded office chair and litter dumped by fence 9991104 — Dovedale Road, Corby — Displaced and cracked kerbstones along roadside 9991103 — Dovedale Road, Corby — Small patch of failed surfacing in carriageway

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

9991105 — Newton Grove, Corby — Small pothole with exposed aggregate in carriageway FLY867754096 — James Watt Avenue, Corby — Abandoned shopping trolley left on grass verge FLY867753953 — James Watt Avenue, Corby — Discarded furniture and glass/mirror panel dumped on verge

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

9991108 — Newton Grove, Corby — Shallow pothole with worn/broken surface in carriageway 9991107 — Newton Grove, Corby — Failed patch repair with cracking and weeds in carriageway 9991106 — Newton Grove, Corby — Early-stage pothole with surface breaking up on road

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

FLY867752875 — Whitworth Avenue, Corby — Abandoned supermarket trolley on footpath verge 9991099 — Newton Grove, Corby — Patch of broken/loose surfacing near drain in carriageway 9991109 — Newton Grove, Corby — Small pothole/failed patch in carriageway surface

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

FLY867753121 — High Street, Corby — Discarded fridge and rubbish dumped on pavement 9991101 — High Street, Corby — Small pothole in carriageway with debris and litter 9991100 — High Street, Corby — Small pothole forming at road joint near white lines

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

FLY867753473 — Burghley Drive, Corby — Abandoned shopping trolley left on verge/footway PB867753348 — Rockingham Road, Corby — Litter overflowing into abandoned shopping trolley beside bin PB867753231 — High Street, Corby — Litter bin overflowing with rubbish bags dumped beside it

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I did another sweep across the ward particularly the Village and East Lloyds area It was also nice to see the fixes happen on Kelvin Grove! A complete list:

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Homes England has agreed in principle to a community asset. That is the one version of this land's future where the buffer is permanent rather than borrowed. northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/campaigns/pen-green-lakes #PenGreenLakes

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Earlstrees runs around the clock. That is a reasonable neighbour with three hundred metres of scrub and water in between. Very different at the end of your fence.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

There is a reason Pen Green is open ground, and it is not an accident. It sits between one of the East Midlands' biggest industrial estates and several hundred homes. That gap is doing a job. #Corby

Earlstrees warehouses seen across the meadow at Pen Green: this gap is doing a job.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The campaign to make #PenGreenLakes an asset for all those in #Corby. They act as a vital flood defence, there are paths that connect homes to employment, and more. Inspired by the work done by others like Mark Pengelly and Kevin Watts. I believe now is the time to bring this up for all.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Being straight about it: in principle is not a transfer. Metropolitan Housing Trust has not yet replied, and the land still has no designation at all. October's Local Plan is what makes it stick. northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/campaigns/pen-green-lakes

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What changed was the ask, not the volume. Homes England cannot lawfully gift land. Four years of letters asked it to. This time it was put a proposition it could say yes to.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Saved from development three times since 2007. Protected on none of them. This summer it was being prepared for market.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Homes England has agreed in principle, in writing, that Pen Green should become a community asset for #Corby. A thread on what that means, and what it does not. #PenGreenLakes

The larger balancing lake at Pen Green: a door is open here for the first time.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 18/08/2026

Free local bus travel is a vital lifeline for many disabled people. After an almost two-year campaign the Government has finally listened to Liberal Democrat calls to stop restrictions to disabled bus passes. Disabilities don’t start at 9.30am. Neither should disabled bus passes.

BBC News headline announces 24-hour free bus travel for disabled people in England; a crowd of cheering Liberal Democrat supporters hold bus-shaped placards and party signs celebrating the policy.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

7,623 disabled people in Corby and East Northamptonshire rely on PIP. Reform would scrap it as it exists today. Cash gone for most. Means-tested for the rest. Liberal Democrats will defend the most vulnerable.

Reform turquoise graphic. Large white text reads 7,623 disabled people here rely on PIP. Beneath: Reform would scrap it as it exists today, cash gone for most, means-tested for the rest. A cut-out photograph of Nigel Farage laughing fills the right of the frame.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm autistic. I'm a parent of children with SEND. North Northamptonshire gives 1.9 children early help in mainstream school for every one holding a legal plan. England: 2.45. I won't pretend a ratio proves everything. But it points somewhere, and NNC owes families an answer.

Graphic reading: I'm autistic. I'm a parent of children with SEND. North Northamptonshire gives 1.9 children early help for every one holding a legal plan; England 2.45. Alongside, a teacher works with two secondary school pupils.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Went to film the lakes at Pen Green. Filmed a lake that wasn't there — grey mud, cracked into plates. Built to empty, yes. Not to swing this hard, in the same year it holds water back off Stephenson Way. www.northnorthantslibdems.org.uk/ca…

Aerial photograph of a dried-out balancing lake at Pen Green, Corby, the pale grey bed cracked into plates with surviving patches of green vegetation. Overlaid text reads: I have never seen it look like that.

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Corby Liberal Democrats @corbylibdems.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

One of the lakes at Pen Green is a cracked, empty bed right now. That is a balancing lake doing its job. The problem is the swing — driest July on record, and in winter this same ground is what protects Stephenson Way.

Aerial photograph looking down at a dried lake bed at Pen Green, Corby, the pale grey mud cracked into a dense mosaic of plates. Overlaid text reads: A balancing lake doing its job.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

First Focus done on the road for #Corby 2029 🔶🕊️

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

And this eclipses my first FOCUS leaflet delivery across the ward with over 4,800 leaflets across Lloyds Ward. Look forward to doing my second one soon!

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It's been a great tradition for over half a century, don't let it be swept away by Reform

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

You're absolutely right, I did know that as well, that's a shame on me but it's a great win for everyone by the Lib Dem campaign on it.

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Alex Lock @alexlockld.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

1,675 hours of raw sewage went into our brooks and rivers across Corby & East Northants last year — during a drought. 488 of those hours came from Corby's own sewage works, straight into Willow Brook. And the water bosses still took their bonuses. Enough. #SewageScandal

Graphic on cracked dry earth reading: A year of drought, but the sewage scandal continues. 1,675 hours of raw sewage dumped in Corby & East Northants in 2025.

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