1 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0189/TPO - Works to Trees (Preservation Order) Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

The tree is a standalone maple in the front garden of 1 Park Close - it requires routine crown reduction of 30% to maintain it in good health Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.
View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
9 Jan 2026
✓
Approved
4 Mar 2026

Approved on 4 Mar 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF Plan - Location Plan Document · 9 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 9 Jan 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Officers Report Document · 4 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF Acknowledgement Document · 14 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 166 m away: Whittlewood Forest SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Inside the Whittlebury built-up area; Priority habitat about 13 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 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 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £880,000 in November 2023. Detached house, freehold.

17 November 2023£880,000
1 September 2006£545,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area222 m² (2,390 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (70 out of 100)
PropertyDetached house, 7 habitable rooms
Built1983 to 1990
HeatingBoiler and radiators, mains gas
WallsCavity wall, as built, insulated (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2023, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

Work with planning data?

Every application in West Northamptonshire - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Other new applications on this street

21 May 2026Approved

Oak House 6 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE

Variation of condition 2 [approved plans] to amend the dwelling design to applic...

2026/1869/S73

Important details

Council
West Northamptonshire
Application type
Works to Trees (Preservation Order)
Postcode
NN12 8XE
Received
9 Jan 2026
Validated
9 Jan 2026
Ward
Rural South Ward
Parish
Whittlebury
Target decision
6 Mar 2026
Decision
Approval
Decision date
4 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 12 days slower 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
8 Feb 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Worlds End 3 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
Single storey extensions to rear and side and conversion of existing integral garage. Con…
2025/3765/FULL
2025 Approved
4 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
T1 Atlantic Cedar: Crown clean, removing dead, dying and diseased growth. Thin branch end…
2025/1878/TPO
2025 Approved
Worlds End 3 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
T1 Ash - re pollard to previous points, to reduce stress on hollow base.
2025/1505/TPO
2024 Approved
Oak House 6 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
Crown lift and reduction to 1 x Oak Tree (TPO 111/1971)
2024/4197/TPO
2024 Approved
Oak House 6 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
Condition 4 of 2023/6397/FULL [Bio Diversity Statement]. Application for approval of deta…
2024/1400/COND
2024 Approved
Oak House 6 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
Partial discharge of Condition 3 of 2023/6397/FULL [Archaeology]. Application for approva…
2024/1399/COND
2023 Approved
Oak House 6 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
Demolition of existing garage, new highway entrance/driveway to new detached dwelling wit…
2023/6397/FULL
2022 Approved
Oak House 6 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
Formation of new highway access with driveway to new self build/custom detached dwelling…
WNS/2022/1817/OUT
2023 Approved
4 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
TPO 111/1971 - Cedar, Crown clean
WNS/2023/0145/TPO
2018 Approved
Oak House 6 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
Oak T1 - reduce back to previous points. Yew T2 - reduce in height to half a metre above…
S/2018/2765/TPO
2018 Approved
Worlds End 3 Park Close Whittlebury NN12 8XE
Change of use of parkland to domestic garden (retrospective).
S/2018/0777/FUL
2017 Decided
Park North of Park Close Lodge Park Whittlebury NN12 8XE
T1 - Sycamore - Remove two outlying limbs towards stable yard. T2 - Ash - Fell & remove…
S/2017/0841/TPO
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.