Meadow Court The Lane Grafton Regis NN12 7HW Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1335/TCA - Works to Trees (Conservation Area) Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

(1) the felling of a dead tree, believed to be a Nordic Spruce, which is considered unsafe. Due to its condition, including visible movement in the wind, we believe this presents an urgent safety concern, (2) the felling of a dead tree stump, approximately 7 feet in height and covered in ivy. This is at risk of falling onto neighbouring property or occupants, (3) Pollarding a cherry tree to encourage growth and maintain safe size, (4) Felling a dead cherry tree which is covered in ivy. And obscuring the growth of the garden beneath, (5) Cutting down a section of trees/ branches along the rear fence that faces the farmer’s field which are impinging on his fence, (6) Cutting a number of self-seeded sumac saplings. Only young saplings to be felled. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
26 Mar 2026
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Approved
6 May 2026

Approved on 6 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 7 May 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Plan - Location Plan Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF Officers Report Document · 7 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Acknowledgement Document · 1 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Photos Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Covering Letter Document · 26 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Cabin, Grade II, about 26 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Grafton Regis conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 758 m away: The Grand Union Canal Transfer, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £190,000 in January 1998. Detached house, freehold.

23 January 1998£190,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
West Northamptonshire
Application type
Works to Trees (Conservation Area)
Postcode
NN12 7HW
Received
26 Mar 2026
Validated
26 Mar 2026
Ward
Deanshanger and Paulerspury Ward
Parish
Grafton Regis
Target decision
7 May 2026
Decision
No Objections
Decision date
6 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 41 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
647decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by West Northamptonshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Northamptonshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
26 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

12 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2018 Approved
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West Northamptonshire
Planning Authority Score
1.7/10
Poor
#280 of 296 councils
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West Northamptonshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #295 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 79% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

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West Northamptonshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #123 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #144 of 296
18%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #295 of 296
79%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #295 of 296
81%
Minor dwellings approved
170 decided (1-9 homes)
83%
Major dwellings approved
24 decided (10+ homes)
86%
Change of use approved
207 decided
1,832
Total decisions
179 refused in the year to March 2026
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