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2026/0011/PND - Prior Notification Determination Approved

Proposal

Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the above Order) for an Agricultural Building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Dec 2025
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Approved
4 Feb 2026

Approved on 4 Feb 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Site constraints 5

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 284 m away: Whittlewood Forest SSSI; Inside the Whittlebury built-up area; Priority habitat about 18 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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.

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Important details

Application type
Prior Notification Determination
Postcode
NN12 8XW
Received
24 Dec 2025
Validated
24 Dec 2025
Ward
Rural South Ward
Parish
Whittlebury
Target decision
4 Feb 2026
Decision
Prior Approval not required
Decision date
4 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
AC Design + Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, about the council's usual 41 days. Approved, as 88% of prior approvals here are.

82%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
206decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
19 Jan 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