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2026/2770/TPO - Works to Trees (Preservation Order) Approved

Proposal

Fell 2x small trees and works to 33x trees Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 9 Sept 2026, 00:10

Application progress

✓

Received

3 Jul 2026

✓

Approved

11 Aug 2026

Approved on 11 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 8 Sept 2026

Documents 7

Site constraints 8

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Registered park or garden: Easton Neston

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Scheduled monument about 90 m away: Bury Mount motte castle

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Conservation area about 26 m away: Easton Neston; 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Flood defence about 25 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 2 year flood); Priority habitat about 1 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; 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

Not green belt

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.

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Important details

Council: West Northamptonshire
Application type: Works to Trees (Preservation Order)
Postcode: NN12 6XT
Received: 3 Jul 2026
Validated: 3 Jul 2026
Ward: Towcester Ward
Parish: Towcester
Target decision: 28 Aug 2026
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 11 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, about the council's usual 42 days. Approved, as 100% of tree and landscaping works here are.

This one39d

Council42d

UK36d

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: 7 Aug 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

Watermeadows Northampton Road Towcester Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 1

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 2