Land North and South of, Milton Road, Gayton

2025/3011/EIAEnvironmental Impact AssessmentAwaiting decision

Outline / PiP

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Construction of a temporary solar farm, including the installation of solar panels with transformers, substation(s), a control room(s), communications cabin(s), security fencing, landscaping and other associated infrastructure. Accompanied by an Environmental Statement.

Received: 11 July 2025
Decision due: 31 March 2026
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: West Northamptonshire Council
Ward: Towcester Ward

ReceivedReceived11 Jul
ValidatedValidated11 Jul
Consult.Consultation20 Nov
TargetTarget Date31 Mar
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land North and South of, Milton Road, Gayton. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 July 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 128 applications across Towcester Ward.

84% of outline 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

Application type: Environmental Impact Assessment
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Gayton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 July 2025
Last date for comments: 20 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Nick Pleasant 4th Floor 2 Whitehall Quay Leeds LS1 2HR

Planning decision

Statutory period: 263 days

Additional information

Documents: 108

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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

© 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.

Source: West Northamptonshire

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