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Land off Welford Road Northampton NN6 8GH

2024/5418/MAFFull Planning Permission (Major)Awaiting decision
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Proposal

Development of a ground mounted solar farm, with capacity of up to 5MW, incorporating the installation of solar PV panels, associated infrastructure, access, landscaping and ecological enhancement

Received
20 November 2024
Decision due
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Moulton Ward
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated7 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land off Welford Road Northampton NN6 8GH. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 20 November 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Moulton Ward. We hold 2,158 applications in total for the NN6 postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
NN6 8GH
Application type
Full Planning Permission (Major)
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Boughton

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 January 2025
Last date for comments
24 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Blake Woodward 5th Floor 1 Newhall Street Birmingham B3 3NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
388 days

Additional information

Documents
372

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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.

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Source: West Northamptonshire

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