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Land to the south of Old Road Walgrave

2025/4804/PIPPermission in principleRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 6 February 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Proposal

Permission in principle for up to 2 no. dwellings

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural North East Ward
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target6 Feb
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 65 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land to the south of Old Road Walgrave. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 11 days 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 Rural North East 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal is contrary to Policy RA2 parts A and B of the Settlements and Countryside Local Plan Part 2 for Daventry District in that it is outside the village confines of Walgrave, and the criteria for allowing development in such a location have not been met, in that there is a housing land supply in excess of five years, no identified local need would be met, the scheme is not required to support an essential local service that may be under threat and the scheme does not represent economic development that will enhance or maintain the vitality or sustainability of the Secondary Service Village or would contribute towards and improve the local economy. Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 and paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework In accordance with the above, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL has worked with the applicant in a

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Application type
Permission in principle
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Walgrave

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Last date for comments
29 January 2026
Target decision date
6 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Thistledown Barn Holcot Lane Sywell Northamptonshire NN6 0BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
65 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
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

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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