Land Adjacent Caroline Chisholm School Wooldale Road Northampton Data via plota.co.uk

2026/2392/EIA - Environmental Impact Assessment 4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)

Proposal

Outline application (all matters reserved except for access) for a residential led mixed use development comprising up to 1,800 residential dwellings (Use Class C3), together with a local centre, land for a primary school and associated community related uses, with vehicular access from Newport Pagnell Road (B526), Quinton Road, Wootton Road and Wooldale Road, and including associated landscaping, earthworks, sustainable drainage features, parking, engineering works and supporting infrastructure (accompanied by an Environmental Statement) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 9 Sept 2026, 00:13

Application progress

✓

Received

1 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 21 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 20 Oct 2026, from West Northamptonshire's recent full applications. The consultation period closed on 15 Aug 2026.

Documents 241

Statements & assessments 55

Plans & drawings 11

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 1 Jun 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 172

Site constraints 3

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Nene Valley; Inside the Northampton built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 11 September 2026. 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: Environmental Impact Assessment
Postcode: NN4 6TP
Received: 1 Jul 2026
Validated: 1 Jul 2026
Ward: Hackleton and Roade Ward
Parish: Hackleton
Target decision: 21 Oct 2026
Decision level: Committee

Decision outlook

Day 75 of the 91-day target. West Northamptonshire usually decides full applications by day 111.

prediction

Day 7536 days to the predicted decision (day 111)

4%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

815decided in the last year

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

Public comments

2comments received

Last counted 8 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 15 Aug 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved

Caroline Chisholm School Wooldale Road Northampton NN4 6TP

Installation of temporary classrooms (Retrospective) (19/00003/CCDFUL)

S/2019/0297/PCC 21 Feb 2019

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%).

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