29 Hardwick Village Hardwick Wellingborough NN9 5AN Data via plota.co.uk

Decided NW/25/00255/FUL

Appeal: Allowed · 2 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6005454 ↗

Council

North Northamptonshire 1.3/10

Date received

30 Apr 2025

Date validated

2 Jun 2025

Postcode

NN9 5AN

Description

Demolish an existing two storey linking structure. To form 2 dwellings consisting of a four bedroom dwelling and a separate 3 bed dwelling including the conversion of an existing garage to habitable accommodation including removal of garage door and infilling with window and brick work and a two storey side extension. To Demolish existing single garage and replace with 1 no single new garage on same footprint. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 16 Oct 2026, 06:33

Site constraints 6

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.

SSSI about 41 m away: Hardwick Lodge Meadow SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

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

National infrastructure project about 1319 m away: Green Hill Solar Farm; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat about 42 m away: Lowland meadows.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 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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North Northamptonshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#285 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Northamptonshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #279 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 64% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

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North Northamptonshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #157 of 296

88%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #220 of 296

35%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #279 of 296

64%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #277 of 296

74%

Minor dwellings approved

100 decided (1-9 homes)

81%

Major dwellings approved

21 decided (10+ homes)

91%

Change of use approved

75 decided

1,096

Total decisions

132 refused in the year to March 2026