Located adjacent to Byfield Road (grid ref X449973, Y249270) Data via plota.co.uk

2026/3755/HS2SR - HS2 Sch 16 Site Restoration Decided

Proposal

Proposal: Submission in accordance with Paragraph 5 of Schedule 16 of the High- Speed Rail (London – West Midlands) Act 2017 for a site restoration scheme at located adjacent to Byfield Road (grid ref , ). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 17 Oct 2026, 21:38

Application progress

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Received

3 Sept 2026

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Decided

23 Sept 2026

Decided on 23 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 23 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Plan - Location Plan Document · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more 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 ↗

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Nene Valley; Inside the Northampton built-up area; Air quality management area about 34 m away: Northampton AQMA No. 3.

Not affected

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, 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: HS2 Sch 16 Site Restoration
Received: 3 Sept 2026
Validated: 3 Sept 2026
Ward: Rural South Ward
Parish: Chipping Warden and Edgcote
Target decision: 29 Oct 2026
Decision date: 23 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated

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West Northamptonshire

Planning Authority Score

1.7/10

Poor

#280 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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%).

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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