Heyford Grange Furnace Lane Nether Heyford NN7 4SB Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0324/PND - Prior Notification Determination Approved

Proposal

Determination as to whether prior approval is required [under Schedule 2, Part 6 of the above order] to erect two agricultural buildings to store fruit, animal feed, haylage; and farm implements / machinery. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 14 Sept 2026, 22:42

Application progress

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Received

19 Jan 2026

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Approved

13 Feb 2026

Approved on 13 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 12 Sept 2026

Documents 8

Site constraints 4

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.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

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Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 627 m away: The Grand Union Canal Transfer, at pre-application; Priority habitat about 4 m away: No main habitat but additional habitats present.

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: Prior Notification Determination
Postcode: NN7 4SB
Received: 19 Jan 2026
Validated: 19 Jan 2026
Ward: Campion Ward
Parish: Nether Heyford
Target decision: 16 Feb 2026
Decision: Prior Approval not required
Decision date: 13 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 25 days from validation, 5 days faster than West Northamptonshire's median of 30 for agricultural works. Approved, as 88% of agricultural works here are.

This one25d

Council30d

UK46d

68%decided within 8 weeks

88%approved

96decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 13 Feb 2026

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

Heyford Grange Furnace Lane Nether Heyford NN7 4SB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 8

Decision & officer reports 1

Plans & drawings 3

Application forms 1

Other documents 3

Site constraints 4

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