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

2026/3480/TCA - Works to Trees (Conservation Area) 4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)

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

Decision

Expected by 8 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from West Northamptonshire's recent tree works. Comments are open until 26 Sept 2026.

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Documents 5

Plans & drawings 1

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

Application forms 1

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

Site constraints 4

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.

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Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Nene Valley.

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: 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 level: Delegated

Decision outlook

Day 18 of the 56-day target. West Northamptonshire usually decides tree works by day 43.

prediction

Day 1838 days to the 56-day target

90%decided within 8 weeks

100%approved

284decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree 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 12 Dec 2018

2016 Approved

The Old Toll House, Norton Junction, Long Buckby Wharf, Northamptonshire, NN6 7PE

Work to trees within a conservation area

DA/2016/0901 1 Nov 2016

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