Sheppards Farm Wood Burcote Towcester NN12 6JR Data via plota.co.uk

2025/2202/RM - Reserved Matters Application Approved

Proposal

Reserved matters (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) with a phasing plan for the development pursuant to outline approval for Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 May 2025
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Validated
3 Jun 2025
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Approved
30 Sept 2025

Approved on 30 Sept 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents 42

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 4

Site constraints 3

Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Towcester 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 14 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 1

Last sold for £1,075,000 in December 2017. Other property, freehold.

4 December 2017£1,075,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

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

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Important details

Application type
Reserved Matters Application
Postcode
NN12 6JR
Received
14 May 2025
Validated
3 Jun 2025
Ward
Towcester Ward
Parish
Towcester
Target decision
3 Oct 2025
Decision
Approval
Decision date
30 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
I. S. Mills Associates
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 119 days from validation, 40 days faster than West Northamptonshire's median of 159 for reserved matters. Approved, as 95% of reserved matters here are.

0%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
48%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
3 Sept 2025
West Northamptonshire
Planning Authority Score
1.7/10
Poor
#280 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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

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

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.