Access road to Warren Hill Farm from the road that adjoins the Arthingworth Road and the Kelmarsh Road Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1289/PND - Prior Notification Determination Approved

Proposal

Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the above Order) for a new agricultural access to serve Warren Hill Farm Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 14 Sept 2026, 22:42

Application progress

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Received

25 Mar 2026

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Approved

21 Apr 2026

Approved on 21 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 11 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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) agrees.

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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Nature improvement area: Nene Valley; National infrastructure project about 174 m away: Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, at pre-application; Priority habitat about 19 m away: Traditional orchard.

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.

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Important details

Council: West Northamptonshire
Application type: Prior Notification Determination
Postcode: LE16 8JY
Received: 25 Mar 2026
Validated: 25 Mar 2026
Ward: Rural North East Ward
Parish: Arthingworth
Target decision: 22 Apr 2026
Decision: Prior Approval not required
Decision date: 21 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 27 days from validation, about the council's usual 30 days. Approved, as 88% of agricultural works here are.

This one27d

Council30d

UK46d

68%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

96decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 16 Apr 2026

West Northamptonshire

Planning Authority Score

1.7/10

Poor

#280 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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

Access road to Warren Hill Farm from the road that adjoins the Arthingworth Road and the Kelmarsh Road Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

Plans & drawings 3

Application forms 1

Other documents 2

Site constraints 5

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