Shorn Cottage High Street Preston Capes NN11 3TB Data via plota.co.uk

2026/3768/TCA - Works to Trees (Conservation Area) 4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

1 x Silver Birch - Reduce by approx 10 metres due to nearness to house Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 20 Oct 2026, from West Northamptonshire's recent tree and landscaping works.

Comments are open until 16 Oct 2026

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Documents 3

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Plan - Location Plan Document · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 8 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Acknowledgement Document · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 5

6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Bramley Cottage Crendon High Latches, Grade II, about 18 m from the postcode pin · 6 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 ↗
Preston Capes 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.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
Scheduled monument about 135 m away: Preston Capes motte and bailey castle
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 ↗
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 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
Works to Trees (Conservation Area)
Postcode
NN11 3TB
Received
8 Sept 2026
Validated
8 Sept 2026
Ward
Woodford & Weedon Ward
Parish
Preston Capes
Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 31 of the 56-day target. West Northamptonshire usually decides tree and landscaping works by day 42.

Day 3125 days to the 56-day target
91%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
410decided 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
16 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Removal of ash tree
2025/4010/TCA
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Cherry Trees High Street Preston Capes NN11 3TB
Discharge of Conditions 3 (Samples of Stone Cladding), 4 (Samples of Roofing Materials) a…
2025/4461/COND
2025 Approved
Cherry Trees High Street Preston Capes NN11 3TB
Conversion of existing garage to habitable accommodation, extension to existing front gab…
2025/1216/FULL
2025 Approved
The Bank High Street Preston Capes NN11 3TB
Detached garage with annex accommodation
2025/2364/FULL
2025 Approved
The Conifers High Street Preston Capes NN11 3TB
To fell 2x conifers, reduce by up to 40 % one Irish yew, to prune back to boundary 1 syca…
2025/1875/TCA
2025 Approved
Knightley House High Street Preston Capes NN11 3TB
Works to remove 4-5 Cypress Leylandii in the conservation area
2025/0840/TCA
2024 Approved
Swan Farm High Street Preston Capes NN11 3TB
Listed building consent to replace existing front door and reinstate previously approved…
2024/3590/LBC
2024 Refused
Swan Farm, High Street, Preston Capes, NN11 3TB
Erection of a detached dwelling following demolition of 2no. existing buildings
2024/1202/OUT
2024 Approved
The Bank High Street Preston Capes NN11 3TB
Works to dismantle 1x conifer tree in the conservation area
2024/0068/TCA
2023 Approved
The Bank High Street Preston Capes NN11 3TB
Works to remove 1x Spruce tree in the conservation area
2023/6773/TCA
2022 Approved
Manor Farm House High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Construction of agricultural access track (part retrospective)
WND/2022/0205
2022 Approved
The Chantry High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Works to trees within a conservation area
WND/2022/1029
2022 Approved
The Chantry High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Work to trees and removal of trees within a conservation area
WND/2022/0158
2021 Approved
The Chantry High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Demolition of existing timber sheds. Conversion and extension of existing outbuilding to…
WND/2021/0032
2020 Approved
Hillcrest & 33 High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Demolition of single storey lean-to extension to the rear of Hillcrest and replacement wi…
DA/2020/0467
2021 Approved
Swan Farm High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Listed Building Consent for replacement of metal gates and wooden fencing.
DA/2021/0233
2021 Approved
Swan Farm High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Listed Building Consent for replacement of existing bay window.
DA/2021/0322
2020 Approved
Bramley Cottage High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Works to trees within a conservation area
DA/2020/0737
2020 Approved
Swan Farm High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Work to and removal of trees in a conservation area
DA/2020/0451
2020 Approved
Bramley Cottage High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Listed Building Consent for repairs to chimney and the addition of a chimney pot
DA/2020/0120
2020 Approved
Swan Farm High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Listed Building Consent for repairs and restoration including remove existing external re…
C/2007/0523
2019 Approved
Village Farm High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Conversion and extension of stable building to dwelling. Condition 3 - Materials and Cond…
C/2017/0711
2018 Approved
Village Farm High Street Preston Capes Northamptonshire NN11 3TB
Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission DA/2017/0711 (conversion and extension of…
DA/2018/0522
2017 Approved
Manor Farm House, High Street, Preston Capes, Northamptonshire, NN11 3TB
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West Northamptonshire
Planning Authority Score
1.7/10
Poor
#280 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings