Lodge Gate Cottage Whilton Locks Whilton NN11 2NH
Approved on 4 November 2025
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
T1 Mature Oak tree located adjacent to the main drive in between Lodges 1 and 2, directly behind Lodge 2 overhanging their roofline. Requires a lateral crown reduction of 3m to clear lodge gate cottages roofline. T2 mature Lime located in the rear garden of the property adjacent to their conservatory. Requires a target prune and 1-2m lateral crown reduction and major deadwood. T3 mature Lime located adjacent to the garage. Requires target prune and 1-2m lateral crown reduction and major deadwood. T4 Horse Chestnut requires a failed hanging branch removing and pruning to the union plus large deadwood removing as in decline. T5 Oak located adjacent to the roadside Hedge line. Requires a 5.2m crown lift and a 2-3m lateral crown reduction over the roadside edge of the crown to enable vision splay for drivers because it currently blocks the bridge signage.
- Received
- 18 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Long Buckby
- ReceivedReceived18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated18 Sep
- Consult.Consultation14 Oct
- TargetTarget Date13 Nov
- DecidedDecided4 Nov
Decided in 47 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a tree application at Lodge Gate Cottage Whilton Locks Whilton NN11 2NH. West Northamptonshire has handled 2,198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Long Buckby. We hold 1,489 applications in total for the NN11 postcode area.
100% of trees 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
- NN11 2NH
- Application type
- Works to Trees (Preservation Order)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Whilton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 September 2025
- Last date for comments
- 14 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 13 November 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Geoffrey Peters 35 Badby Road West Daventry NN11 4HJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
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
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.
Source: West Northamptonshire
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