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Land South East Of The Ferrers School A6 Higham Ferrers Bypass Higham Ferrers

26/01119/NMANon-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 15 May 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted/Approved

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

NE/23/00088/REM (Appearance, Landscaping, Layout and Scale pursuant to 18/01648/OUT - Outline Planning Application on land west of the A6, Higham Ferrers, with means of vehicular access from the A6 roundabout known as the John Clarke Way Roundabout for consideration, all other matters (layout, appearance, scale and landscaping) reserved for subsequent approval, for the development of up to 300 no. new dwellings (Class C3), of which 30% will be affordable, landscaping, earthworks to facilitate surface water drainage and all other ancillary infrastructure and enabling works): Resubmission for approval of Non-Material Amendment to Reserved Matters Application at Land South East of the Ferrers School following erroneous decision on 25/00053/AMD

Received
22 April 2026
Council
North Northamptonshire
Ward
Higham Ferrers
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 23 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land South East Of The Ferrers School A6 Higham Ferrers Bypass Higham Ferrers. North Northamptonshire has handled 57 applications of this type. This one was decided in 23 days, 5 weeks quicker than North Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Higham Ferrers conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Higham Ferrers.

86% of amendment applications at North Northamptonshire were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
300
Parish
Higham Ferrers CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2026
Target decision date
20 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Stantec
Agent address
7th Floor 100 Barbirolli Square Manchester M2 3AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14864416
Comments
0
Documents
23

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Higham Ferrers
  • Listed building: Grade II: 12, Market SquareOn this site · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Northamptonshire

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