The Old Toll House Norton Junction Long Buckby Wharf NN6 7PE Data via plota.co.uk

2026/3480/TCA - Works to Trees (Conservation Area) Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to 1x Willow, 1x Robinia and 1x Prune Hawthorn tree. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 Aug 2026
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Approved
2 Oct 2026

Approved on 2 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Plan - Location Plan Document · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF Officers Report Document · 2 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF Acknowledgement Document · 1 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF Photos Document · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF Photos Document · 27 Aug 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 8

Grand Union and Oxford Canals 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 ↗
Public footpath about 13 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
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.
Habitat network: Restorable Habitat
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Grand Union Canal Milepost at Norton Junction, Beside Tow Path of Leicester Branch of Grand Union Canal, Grade II, about 41 m from the postcode pin · 2 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
Radon affected area, class 3; Nature improvement area: Nene Valley; National infrastructure project: The Grand Union Canal Transfer, at pre-application.
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, 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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Important details

Council
West Northamptonshire
Application type
Works to Trees (Conservation Area)
Postcode
NN6 7PE
Received
27 Aug 2026
Validated
27 Aug 2026
Ward
Long Buckby
Parish
Norton
Target decision
8 Oct 2026
Decision
No Objections
Decision date
2 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, 6 days faster than West Northamptonshire's median of 42 for tree and landscaping works. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

92%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
647decided 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
26 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Approved
The Old Toll House Norton Junction Long Buckby Wharf Northamptonshire NN6 7PE
Work to and removal of trees within a conservation area
DA/2018/0977
2016 Approved
The Old Toll House, Norton Junction, Long Buckby Wharf, Northamptonshire, NN6 7PE
Work to trees within a conservation area
DA/2016/0901
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