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Land east of Towcester Road, Northampton.

2025/2345/NMANon Material Amendment to a Planning PermissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 October 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Omission of the footpath to the west of the site leading to the farmer's track and omitting the tarmac to the farmer's track and omitting the gates. Amendment of approved 2024/0816/MAR [Reserved matters application (Appearance, Landscaping, Scale and Layout) pursuant to application WNN/2021/0029, for 60 dwellings, including affordable dwellings, with associated infrastructure, open space and children's play (LEAP).]

Received
4 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hunsbury Ward
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.2 Oct
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 121 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land east of Towcester Road, Northampton.. West Northamptonshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 7 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 46 applications across Hunsbury Ward. We hold 1,608 applications in total for the NN4 postcode area.

91% of amendment applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NN4 9RN
Application type
Non Material Amendment to a Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
60
Parish
East Hunsbury Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2025
Last date for comments
2 October 2025
Target decision date
3 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Raheem Shan Ophir Architecture Ltd 1 Legge Lane Birmingham B1 3LD

Planning decision

Statutory period
121 days

Additional information

Documents
8

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    25 Aug

    Discharge of Condition 12 (Verification Report) of planning permission WNN/2021/0029

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/3479/COND
  2. 2025
    18 Nov

    Discharge of condition 16 (Landscape and Ecological Management Plan ) for application WNN/2021/0029

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2025/4938/COND
  3. 2025
    10 Jul

    Discharge of Condition 17 (External Lighting) on Planning Permission WNN/2021/0029

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2025/2881/COND
  4. 2024
    2 Aug

    Discharge of condition 4 (meter boxes) for application 2024/0816/MAR

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2024/3831/COND
  5. 2024
    31 Jul

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Access & Highways work) and Condition 10 (Surface Water Drainage) of Planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2024/3689/COND

Source: West Northamptonshire

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