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2025/2848/COND - Conditions Discharge Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 3 [CEMP] on Planning Permission [Installation of underground electrical connection and communication cables extending between the consented Glassthorpe Solar Farm and Northampton West Substation, with temporary construction compounds and associated infrastructure at Land between Glassthorpe Solar Farm and Northampton West Substation] Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Jul 2025
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Approved
23 Jan 2026

Approved on 23 Jan 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 22 Oct 2026

Documents 11

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 23 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) Document · 2 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) Document · 4 Jul 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 4 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 4

PDF Response - Consultees Document · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 1 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 6 Aug 2025 View ↗

Other documents 3

PDF Acknowledgement Document · 18 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Superseded Document · 4 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF Covering Letter (DOC) Document · 4 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 7

Site constraints 6

Harpole 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 1, Glassthorpe Lane, Grade II, about 32 m from the postcode pin · 9 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; Inside the Harpole 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 23 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
Conditions Discharge
Received
4 Jul 2025
Validated
4 Jul 2025
Ward
Campion Ward
Parish
Harpole
Target decision
14 Nov 2025
Decision
Approval
Decision date
23 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Stephenson Halliday

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
23 Dec 2025
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
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