Wilsons Pits Car Park Wilsons Pits Off South Way Rushden Lakes Shopping Centre NN10 6FH Data via plota.co.uk

26/01177/FUL - Full Planning Permission In progress

Proposal

Install palisade fencing around the existing car park boundary and a section of the existing grassland to provide better security for parked cars and stored equipment. In addition, two shipping containers, an awning and a concrete slab will be installed within the existing footprint of the car park to further increase the safe storage of smaller equipment and materials… Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 13 Sept 2026, 04:20

Application progress

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Received

29 Apr 2026

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Validated

30 Jun 2026

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Consultation

1 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 31 Aug 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision soon after comments close on 22 Sept 2026, from North Northamptonshire's recent commercial and major works. Comments are open until 22 Sept 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 9

Site constraints 7

Special protection area: Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits

2 designations overlap here. A habitats assessment is needed.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

SSSI: Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits SSSI

Natural England must be consulted on work that may affect it.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea

Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 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 ↗

Priority habitat: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh

A habitat of principal importance. It shapes the ecology work and the biodiversity net gain a scheme has to show.

Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats - NEZ

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Nene Valley; the 1970s provisional farmland map 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 · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council: North Northamptonshire
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: NN10 6FW
Received: 29 Apr 2026
Validated: 30 Jun 2026
Ward: Rushden Lakes
Parish: Rushden CP
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 31 Aug 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 76, past the statutory target. 77% of commercial and major works in North Northamptonshire are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 29 Sept 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 12 Sept 2026.

target

predicted

Day 769 days to the predicted decision (day 85)

38%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

33decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by North Northamptonshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North Northamptonshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

2 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14896256
Neighbours: 2 Jul 2026
Consultation: 1 Sept 2026
Comments by: 22 Sept 2026
Site or press notice: 23 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

North Northamptonshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#285 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

North Northamptonshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #279 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 64% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

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North Northamptonshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #157 of 296

88%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #220 of 296

35%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #279 of 296

64%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #277 of 296

74%

Minor dwellings approved

100 decided (1-9 homes)

81%

Major dwellings approved

21 decided (10+ homes)

91%

Change of use approved

75 decided

1,096

Total decisions

132 refused in the year to March 2026

Wilsons Pits Car Park Wilsons Pits Off South Way Rushden Lakes Shopping Centre NN10 6FH Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 9

Statements & assessments 4

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 2