Grove Farm Daventry Road Ashby St Ledgers CV23 8UL Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0372/MAF - Full Planning Permission (Major) 4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)

Proposal

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Application progress

✓

Received

23 Jan 2026

Decision

Target date was 13 May 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 15 May 2026; it is now day 279.

The consultation period closed on 15 May 2026.

Documents 89

Statements & assessments 26

Plans & drawings 21

Application forms 4

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Consultation & comments 32

Site constraints 8

4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: 43 and 44, the Lane, Grade II, about 2 m from the postcode pin · 4 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.

Show all 4 with distances

2 m43 and 44, the LaneGrade II
22 m45 and 46, the LaneGrade II
121 m36, 37, 38 and 39, Main StreetGrade II
126 m30, 31, 32, 33, 34 and 35, Main StreetGrade II

Historic England ↗

Ashby St Ledgers 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 ↗

Scheduled monument about 3 m away: Medieval settlement of Ashby St Ledgers

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 ↗

Agricultural land, grade 3a

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.

Public footpath about 28 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.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; Registered park or garden about 164 m away: Ashby St Ledgers; National infrastructure project about 1985 m away: Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal.

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, 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: Full Planning Permission (Major)
Postcode: CV23 8UL
Received: 23 Jan 2026
Validated: 23 Jan 2026
Ward: Braunston & Crick Ward
Parish: Ashby St Ledgers
Target decision: 13 May 2026
Decision level: Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Heatons

Decision outlook

Day 279, past the statutory target. 69% of utility and infrastructure works in West Northamptonshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 23 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 279223 days past the 56-day target

27%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

48decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 15 May 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

Cherry Tree Farm The Lane Ashby St Ledgers CV23 8UL

T1 Removal of self set Sycamore which is damaging path and interfering with building.

2025/2855/TCA 13 Aug 2025

2025 Approved

Cherry Tree Farm The Lane Ashby St Ledgers CV23 8UL

To fell a self seeded Sycamore

2025/2389/TCA 24 Jul 2025

2025 Approved

Foxglove Cottage, 1 The Lane, Ashby St Ledgers, CV23 8UL

To remove masonry beneath window to form a door on the rear elevation.

2025/0763/LDP 3 Apr 2025

2020 Approved

43 The Lane Ashby St Ledgers Northamptonshire CV23 8UL

Construction of a porch canopy and re-building of stepped approach (revised scheme)

DA/2020/0335 15 Jun 2020

2020 Approved

43 The Lane Ashby St Ledgers Northamptonshire CV23 8UL

Listed Building Consent for construction of porch canopy and re-building of stepped appro…

DA/2020/0336 15 Jun 2020

2020 Refused

43 The Lane Ashby St Ledgers Northamptonshire CV23 8UL

Construction of a porch canopy and re-building of stepped approach

DA/2020/0042 5 Mar 2020

2020 Refused

43 The Lane Ashby St Ledgers Northamptonshire CV23 8UL

Listed Building Consent for construction of a porch canopy and re-building of stepped app…

DA/2020/0043 5 Mar 2020

2018 Approved

Kirby Gate 45 46 The Lane Ashby St Ledgers Northamptonshire CV23 8UL

Work to trees within a conservation area

DA/2018/1088 16 Jan 2019

2018 Approved

Land At Cherry Tree Farm The Lane Ashby St Ledgers Northamptonshire CV23 8UL

Works to and removal of trees within a conservation area

DA/2018/0795 23 Oct 2018

2018 Approved

Cherry Tree Farm The Lane Ashby St Ledgers Northamptonshire CV23 8UL

Construction of tennis court with chain link fence (maximum height of 2.75m)

C/2018/0206 7 Sep 2018

2018 Approved

Cherry Tree Farm The Lane Ashby St Ledgers Northamptonshire CV23 8UL

Construction of tennis court with chain link fence (maximum height of 2.75m)

DA/2018/0206 4 May 2018

West Northamptonshire

Planning Authority Score

1.7/10

Poor

#280 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

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

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

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

Grove Farm Daventry Road Ashby St Ledgers CV23 8UL Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 89

Statements & assessments 26

Plans & drawings 21

Application forms 4

Consultation & comments 32

Other documents 6

Site constraints 8

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