295 homes at Dallington Grange, Mill Lane, Kingsthorpe, Northampton

The site and surroundings

The 9.2-hectare site forms part of Phase 2B of the Dallington Grange sustainable urban extension beside the North West Relief Road.

“The application site forms part of the Dallington Grange Sustainable Urban Extension (SUE) which is subject to a hybrid planning permission (outline with part of the North West Relief Road permitted in full) granted in February 2021.”

“The reserved matters application site lies at the northern end of the site adjacent to the new North West Relief Road (NWRR) and an area of open space which includes the attenuation ponds that serve the relief road. To the west of the site is phase 1B, some of which is currently under construction.”

Officer report

Earlier permissions and applications

An outline permission for up to 3,000 homes and associated facilities was approved in 2021, with several later reserved matters applications approved or under consideration.

“This development is a reserved matters application seeking detailed planning permission for part of parcel 2B of the development The application is for reserved matters approval for 295 dwellings which includes 20 affordable dwellings. The associated public open space, sports pitches and play areas for Phase 2 is the subject…”

“Under consideration. 2025/1705/MAR Reserved Matters application for 169 dwellings on part of Phase 1B”

Officer report

Why officers supported it

Officers found the layout, design, housing mix, access, ecology, flooding and residential amenity acceptable, subject to conditions.

“The proposal is in accordance with the approved Design Code for the respective phase of the sustainable urban extension. The house types all accord with the dimensions and characters set out in the Code, as does the parking provision, road hierarchy and road dimensions. The proposal is considered to incorporate a suitable means of access and movement, as well as give suitable regard to trees and hedges, ecology, flooding and residential amenity.”

Officer report

What residents objected to

Six objections raised concerns about access, traffic, safety, parking, pollution, flooding, wildlife, health facilities and cycling arrangements.

“The development should not be accessed through Conway Close. • The accessing of the development through Mill Lane will have a great impact on the residents of Kings Heath through traffic generation, noise and disturbance. • The development would be detrimental to resident safety through additional highway movements. • The development would have a detrimental impact on wildlife. • The development will exacerbate parking issues.”

Officer report

Who spoke

The applicant spoke in support, explaining the development’s design-code approach, sustainability measures, schools, open-space management and road arrangements.

What members discussed

Members discussed parking, school provision, housing mix, space standards, flood matters and finished floor levels, with further adjustments secured by condition.

“Parking provision on the development would be provided through a variety of measures including fronted parking, parking to the side of the property, layby areas and garage parking. 5 bedroomed houses would have 3 spaces associated with it and provision of sheds for storage of bikes. 4 bedroomed houses also had 3 associated parking spaces.”

“Some of the finished floor levels of the houses require further adjustment and this could be secured through the planning condition.”

Minutes

The vote

Councillor Bob Purser proposed approval, Councillor Charles Manners seconded it, and the proposal passed with 11 votes in favour and one abstention.

“Councillor Bob Purser proposed that the application be approved in accordance with Officer recommendation. The proposition was seconded by Councillor Charles Manners and on being put to the meeting was declared carried with 11 voting in favour of the recommendation and 1 abstention.”

Minutes

The decision

Permission was granted subject to the conditions in the reports, with delegated authority to amend those conditions as necessary.

“In reaching its decision, the Committee considered the officer’s reports, presentation and the public representations.”

“Resolved: that permission be granted subject to the conditions in the reports (with delegated authority to the Assistant Director for Planning and Development to amend those conditions as deemed necessary).”

Minutes