Land at Towcester Vale Towcester NN12 6LB Data via plota.co.uk

2026/2100/MAR - Reserved Matters Permission (Major) Approved
New homes

Proposal

Reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout & scale) for 128 dwellings on parcel H21-H22 (part phase 6) pursuant to outline approval (New mixed use development comprising 2750 dwellings, employment, local centre, education, mixed use and sports uses) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 May 2026
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Approved
20 Aug 2026

Approved on 20 Aug 2026 · Committee · Last checked 9 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by West Northamptonshire Strategic Planning Committee on 18 Aug 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the scheme generally followed the Design Code and addressed access, ecology, flooding, heritage and amenity.
  • The town council supported the application, consultees raised no objections, and no third-party representations were received.
  • The committee approved the application, with 10 votes in favour and 1 abstention, subject to conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposed homes, site context, officer assessment, consultation responses, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of West Northamptonshire's committee minutes of 18 Aug 2026.

Documents 36

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Decision Notice Document · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee Report Document · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 17

PDF Plan - General (Proposed) Document · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - Site Plan (Proposed) Document · 6 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - Landscaping Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - Location Plan Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - Location Plan Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - MasterPlan Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - Parking Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - Street Scene Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF CIL Form 1 Additional Information Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 8

PDF Response - Consultees Document · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 18 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 17 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 10 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 8 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 7

PDF Committee Addendum Document · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Committee Addendum Document · 20 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Acknowledgement Document · 27 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Superseded Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Superseded Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Reports Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗ PDF Covering Letter Document · 11 May 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 4

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: The Chain Gate and Lodges and Attached Walls, Piers, Standards and Chains, Grade I, about 1 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 ↗
Registered park or garden: Easton Neston
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Towcester 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 · 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 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
Reserved Matters Permission (Major)
Postcode
NN12 6LB
Received
11 May 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Ward
Towcester Ward
Parish
Towcester
Target decision
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
20 Aug 2026
Decision level
Committee

How this decision compares

Decided in 101 days from validation, 10 days slower than West Northamptonshire's median of 91 for new homes. Approved, as 76% of new homes here are.

26%decided within 8 weeks
76%approved
112decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
21 Jul 2026
Committee
18 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

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2024/1299/COND
2024 Approved
Condition 11 of S/2007/0374/OUT [Foul Drainage]] Application for approval of details subm…
2024/1338/COND
2024 Approved
Condition 15 of S/2007/0374/OUT [Tree Protection] Application for approval of details sub…
2024/1340/COND
2024
Condition 12 of S/2007/0374/OUT [Surface Water] Application for approval of details submi…
2024/1339/COND
2023 Approved
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2023/6581/COND
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WNS/2022/0521/NMA
2021 Approved
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Variation of condition 1 (plans) of S/2016/1800/MAF To narrow the track by 1mts (retrospe…
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2021 Approved
Telecoms site at Towcester Racecourse Easton Neston Towcester Northants NN12 6LB
Notification of installation of electronic communications to add 1 no. GPS node to the ex…
WNS/2021/0796/TLN
2020 Approved
Folly Inn London Road Towcester NN12 6LB
TPO tree (07/2008) 1no. Sycamore, crown clean and crown lift to 4m
S/2020/0854/TPO
2018 Approved
The Folly Inn London Road Towcester NN12 6LB
The construction of a timber framed gazebo (retrospective)
S/2018/0697/FUL
2017 Approved
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Notification of installation of electronic communications to remove and replace existing…
S/2017/0802/TLN
2016 Approved
Chain Lodge London Road Towcester NN12 6LB
Renew rendering to North, west & east elevations. Strip and relay roof covering over lodg…
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2016 Approved
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Single storey rear extension
S/2016/1799/FUL
2016 Refused
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Single storey rear and side extension to public house
S/2016/0747/FUL
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings