St John The Baptist's Church Main Street East Farndon LE6 9SU Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0660/TPO - Works to Trees (Preservation Order) Approved

Proposal

TPO DA 280 - T10 - Sycamore - Location: Churchyard - boundary with 4 Rectory Court on the corner with the road. At a recent site visit, Michael Venton, a tree officer at West Northamptonshire Council, recommended removing the ivy from the tree and reducing the weight on some of the lateral branches. Data via plota.co.uk

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

Application progress

✓

Received

6 Feb 2026

✓

Approved

1 Apr 2026

Approved on 1 Apr 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Site constraints 6

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Church of St John the Baptist, Grade I, about 2 m from the postcode pin

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.

Historic England ↗

Public footpath about 22 m away

Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.

Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.

Scheduled monument about 106 m away: Medieval settlement remains at East Farndon

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

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

Inside the East Farndon built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt

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 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: Works to Trees (Preservation Order)
Postcode: LE6 9SU
Received: 6 Feb 2026
Validated: 6 Feb 2026
Ward: Rural North East Ward
Parish: East Farndon
Target decision: 3 Apr 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 1 Apr 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 12 days slower than West Northamptonshire's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one54d

Council42d

UK36d

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: 14 Mar 2026

Historical activity at this location

6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Glebeland 1 Rectory Court East Farndon LE16 9SU

Works to 2x indivdual trees and 1x group of 4 trees subject to TPO DA 280

2025/2509/TPO 11 Aug 2025

2025 Approved

4 Rectory Court East Farndon LE16 9SU

New sedum roof and new bi-fold doors plus repairs to existing walls of brick outbuilding…

2025/0080/LBC 6 May 2025

2023 Approved

Glebeland 1 Rectory Court East Farndon LE16 9SU

Works to Yew tree - removal of branches/limbs and reduce height by two feet

2023/7855/TPO 8 Jan 2024

2020 Approved

Glebeland 1 Rectory Court East Farndon Northamptonshire LE16 9SU

Demolition of existing sun room/conservatory and bay window. Construction of single store…

DA/2020/0546 3 Sep 2020

2019 Approved

1 Rectory Court East Farndon Northamptonshire LE16 9SU

Work to trees subject of Tree Preservation Order DA 280

DA/2019/1101 12 Feb 2020

2016 Approved

4, Rectory Court, East Farndon, Northamptonshire, LE16 9SU

Work to trees subject of Tree Preservation Order DA280 (within ground of St John the Bapt…

DA/2016/0860 4 Nov 2016

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%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

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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

St John The Baptist's Church Main Street East Farndon LE6 9SU Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Other documents 2