diff --git a/perllib/FixMyStreet/Cobrand/Northamptonshire.pm b/perllib/FixMyStreet/Cobrand/Northamptonshire.pm
index 945a1ac0da..683dc059c2 100644
--- a/perllib/FixMyStreet/Cobrand/Northamptonshire.pm
+++ b/perllib/FixMyStreet/Cobrand/Northamptonshire.pm
@@ -94,4 +94,12 @@ sub open311_config {
 # sending updates not part of initial phase
 sub should_skip_sending_update { 1; }
 
+sub report_validation {
+    my ($self, $report, $errors) = @_;
+
+    if ( length( $report->title ) > 120 ) {
+        $errors->{title} = sprintf( _('Summaries are limited to %s characters in length. Please shorten your summary'), 120 );
+    }
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/t/Mock/MapIt.pm b/t/Mock/MapIt.pm
index d5b73641ac..dc32b1071c 100644
--- a/t/Mock/MapIt.pm
+++ b/t/Mock/MapIt.pm
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ my @PLACES = (
     [ 'LE15 0GJ', 52.670447, -0.727877, 2600, 'Rutland County Council', 'CTY'],
     [ 'BR1 3UH', 51.4021, 0.01578, 2482, 'Bromley Council', 'LBO' ],
     [ 'BR1 3UH', 51.402096, 0.015784, 2482, 'Bromley Council', 'LBO' ],
+    [ 'NN1 1NS', 52.236251, 0.892052, 2234, 'Northamptonshire County Council', 'CTY' ],
     [ '?', 50.78301, -0.646929 ],
     [ 'GU51 4AE', 51.279456, -0.846216, 2333, 'Hart District Council', 'DIS', 2227, 'Hampshire County Council', 'CTY' ],
     [ 'WS1 4NH', 52.563074, -1.991032, 2535, 'Sandwell Borough Council', 'MTD' ],
diff --git a/t/app/controller/report_new.t b/t/app/controller/report_new.t
index d9fae5fbc6..af18c39b9d 100644
--- a/t/app/controller/report_new.t
+++ b/t/app/controller/report_new.t
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ for my $body (
     { area_id => 2232, name => 'Lincolnshire County Council' },
     { area_id => 2237, name => 'Oxfordshire County Council' },
     { area_id => 2600, name => 'Rutland County Council' },
+    { area_id => 2234, name => 'Northamptonshire County Council' },
 ) {
     my $body_obj = $mech->create_body_ok($body->{area_id}, $body->{name});
     push @bodies, $body_obj;
@@ -133,6 +134,11 @@ my $contact15 = $mech->create_contact_ok(
     category => 'Trees',
     email => 'trees-2600@example.com',
 );
+my $contact16 = $mech->create_contact_ok(
+    body_id => $body_ids{2234}, # Northamptonshire
+    category => 'Trees',
+    email => 'trees-2234@example.com',
+);
 
 # test that the various bit of form get filled in and errors correctly
 # generated.
@@ -614,6 +620,26 @@ foreach my $test (
         changes => { },
         errors => [ 'Please enter a subject', 'Please enter some details', 'Emails are limited to 50 characters in length.', 'Phone numbers are limited to 20 characters in length.', 'Names are limited to 50 characters in length.'],
     },
+    {
+        msg    => 'Northamptonshire validation',
+        pc     => 'NN1 1NS',
+        fields => {
+            title         => 'This is a very long title that should fail the validation as it is really much too long to pass the validation of 120 characters',
+            detail        => '',
+            photo1        => '',
+            photo2        => '',
+            photo3        => '',
+            name          => 'A User',
+            may_show_name => '1',
+            username      => 'user@example.org',
+            phone         => '',
+            category      => 'Trees',
+            password_sign_in => '',
+            password_register => '',
+        },
+        changes => { },
+        errors => [ 'Summaries are limited to 120 characters in length. Please shorten your summary', 'Please enter some details'],
+    },
   )
 {
     subtest "check form errors where $test->{msg}" => sub {
@@ -621,7 +647,7 @@ foreach my $test (
 
         # submit initial pc form
         FixMyStreet::override_config {
-            ALLOWED_COBRANDS => [ { fixmystreet => '.' }, 'bromley', 'oxfordshire', 'rutland', 'lincolnshire', 'buckinghamshire' ],
+            ALLOWED_COBRANDS => [ { fixmystreet => '.' }, 'bromley', 'oxfordshire', 'rutland', 'lincolnshire', 'buckinghamshire', 'northamptonshire' ],
             MAPIT_URL => 'http://mapit.uk/',
         }, sub {
             $mech->submit_form_ok( { with_fields => { pc => $test->{pc} } },
diff --git a/templates/web/base/js/translation_strings.html b/templates/web/base/js/translation_strings.html
index 9747773d97..82b8ea0658 100644
--- a/templates/web/base/js/translation_strings.html
+++ b/templates/web/base/js/translation_strings.html
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@
 
     translation_strings = {
         update: '[% loc('Please enter a message') | replace("'", "\\'") %]',
-        title: '[% loc('Please enter a subject') | replace("'", "\\'") %]',
+        title: {
+            required: '[% loc('Please enter a subject') | replace("'", "\\'") %]',
+            maxlength: '[% loc('Summaries are limited to {0} characters in length. Please shorten your summary') | replace("'", "\\'") %]',
+        },
         detail: {
             required: '[% loc('Please enter some details') | replace("'", "\\'") %]',
             maxlength: '[% loc('Reports are limited to {0} characters in length. Please shorten your report') | replace("'", "\\'") %]',
diff --git a/web/cobrands/fixmystreet-uk-councils/council_validation_rules.js b/web/cobrands/fixmystreet-uk-councils/council_validation_rules.js
index 9f50f1055f..bb47706b22 100644
--- a/web/cobrands/fixmystreet-uk-councils/council_validation_rules.js
+++ b/web/cobrands/fixmystreet-uk-councils/council_validation_rules.js
@@ -43,5 +43,11 @@ body_validation_rules = {
         email: {
           maxlength: 50
         }
+    },
+    'Northamptonshire County Council': {
+        title: {
+          required: true,
+          maxlength: 120
+        },
     }
 };