Buckton Fields Primary School Home Farm Drive Boughton NN2 8ES Data via plota.co.uk

2025/0930/MAF - Full Planning Permission (Major) Approved

Proposal

Erection of replacement two storey school building, external sports provision, parking, landscaping, amenity areas, external lighting, plant and other associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 26 Oct 2026, 11:44

Application progress

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Received

20 Feb 2025

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Approved

25 Sept 2025

Approved on 25 Sept 2025 · Committee · Last checked 26 Oct 2026

Documents 240

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 25 Sept 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 27

Plans & drawings 44

Application forms 2

PDF CIL Form 1 Additional Information Document · 19 Feb 2025 View ↗ PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 19 Feb 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 138

Associated applications 12

Full25 Sep 20252025/0930/MAFThis application
Erection of replacement two storey school building, external sports provision, parking, landscaping, amenity areas, external…
Conditions details submitted for 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 20, 25, 26, 27, 32
- ConditionsDischarge of Condition 4 (Fencing)21 Aug 20262026/3624/COND
- ConditionsDischarge of Condition 9 (Rooftop Plant Equipment)21 Aug 20262026/3626/COND
- ConditionsDischarge of Condition 26 (Car Park Management Plan)21 Aug 20262026/3628/COND
- Show 8 earlier · 6 approved, 2 pending
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 27 (Delivery & Servicing Management Plan)21 Aug 20262026/3629/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 32 (Community Use Agreement)21 Aug 20262026/3631/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 7 [Photovoltaic]27 Jul 20262026/3151/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 3 Materials & Detailing.27 Jan 20262026/0461/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 5 [Levels]21 Nov 20252025/4988/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 25 [Pedestrian Connectivity]21 Nov 20252025/4989/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 14 (BNG)26 Sep 20252025/3933/COND
  - ConditionsDischarge of Condition 20 (Drainage Details)26 Sep 20252025/4016/COND

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2, surveyed

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Cambridge). Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3; the survey is the definitive reading.

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.

Survey report ↗

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more 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.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

Inside the Northampton built-up area.

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, 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: Full Planning Permission (Major)
Postcode: NN2 8ES
Received: 20 Feb 2025
Validated: 20 Feb 2025
Ward: Moulton Ward
Parish: Boughton
Target decision: 26 Sept 2025
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 25 Sept 2025
Decision level: Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Q+A Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 217 days from validation, 118 days slower than West Northamptonshire's median of 99 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

This one217d

Council99d

UK56d

11%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

6%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 10 Sept 2025
Committee: 23 Sept 2025

Historical activity at this location

5 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

Discharge of Condition 25 [Pedestrian Connectivity] of Planning Permission 2025/0930/MAF…

2025/4989/COND 19 Feb 2026

2025 Approved

Discharge of Condition 5 [Levels]of Planning Permission 2025/0930/MAF [Erection of replac…

2025/4988/COND 10 Dec 2025

2025 Approved

Discharge of Condition 14 (BNG) on Planning Permission 2025/0930/MAF [Erection of replace…

2025/3933/COND 13 Nov 2025

2025 Approved

Prior Approval for the Demolition of existing primary school [Schedule 2, Part 11, Class…

2025/1826/PND 30 Jun 2025

2024 Approved

Retrospective Application for planning permission: Temporary School accommodation on the…

2024/0097/FULL 9 Jan 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

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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

Buckton Fields Primary School Home Farm Drive Boughton NN2 8ES Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 240

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 27

Plans & drawings 44

Application forms 2

Consultation & comments 138

Other documents 28

Associated applications 12

Site constraints 3

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