AL3: Tiffield Lane, Towcester NN12 6PG Data via plota.co.uk

2025/2552/COND - Conditions Discharge 4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)

Proposal

Partial discharge of Conditon 29 (Surface Water Drainage) relating to phase 2 only of Planning Permission . (Hybrid planning application comprising: Outline application with all matters reserved for an employment park comprising B1a, B1b, B1c, B2 and/or B8 uses, including ancillary offices (B1a), Sui Generis (selling and/or displaying motor vehicles, showrooms and petrol filling station), and/or A1 and A3 uses, service yards and HGV parking, plant, vehicular and cycle parking, earthworks and landscaping. Full planning application for a new roundabout access from the A43, internal spine road, substation, lighting infrastructure, engineering operations including foul pumping station, earthworks (including creation of development plot plateaus), pedestrian and cycle infrastructure and strategic landscaping including drainage infrastructure at Land to the east of Tiffield Road and to the north west of the A43 Towcester). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
26 Jun 2025
Decision
Target date was 21 Aug 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 9 Nov 2026; it is now day 490.

Comments are open until 9 Nov 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 28

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Associated applications 15

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
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. 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

Application type
Conditions Discharge
Postcode
NN12 6PG
Received
26 Jun 2025
Validated
26 Jun 2025
Ward
Towcester Ward
Parish
Towcester
Target decision
21 Aug 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 490, past the statutory target. 61% of discharge of conditions in West Northamptonshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 25 Oct 2026.

Day 49012 days to the predicted decision (day 502)
42%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
663decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
9 Nov 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
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