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2026/3687/COND - Conditions Discharge Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 4 [Lighting] of Planning Permission 2025/3130/MAR [Approval of reserved matters for parcels H40-43 (part Phase 3 and 4 ) in relation to approved Outline application for the creation of a new mixed use neighbourhood at Towcester comprising: 2750 homes; employment land to support B1, B2 and B8 uses; a main Local Centre (food store, retail units, public house/restaurant, doctors surgery/medical centre, nursery/crèche and community hall); a support local centre (corner shops, takeaways); mixed use commercial area to accommodate Class C1 Hotel with conference and leisure facilities; two new primary schools; areas of public open space and strategic landscaping, incorporating new formal Sports Pitches, and combined community facility and Pavilion and parking and new allotments; the provision of the Towcester Relief Road connecting the A5T to the A43T; surface water/flood management works and necessary related engineering works for drainage and services. at Towcester Vale Phase 1, London Road, Towcester] Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Aug 2026
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Approved
21 Sept 2026

Approved on 21 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 28 Sept 2026

Documents 6

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Plan - General Document · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Plan - General Document · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Acknowledgement Document · 21 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Covering Letter Document · 25 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 5

Site constraints 6

In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Registered park or garden about 25 m away: Easton Neston
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Conservation area about 20 m away: Towcester
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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 ↗
4 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 6, Watling Street East, Grade II, about 59 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.
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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
Conditions Discharge
Received
25 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Aug 2026
Ward
Towcester Ward
Parish
Towcester
Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
21 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Withdrawn
28 Southgate Drive Towcester NN12 6JQ
An air source heat pump to be installed on the external left hand wall of property.
2024/0852/FULL
2022 Approved
17 Southgate Drive Towcester NN12 6JQ
Two storey side extension
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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