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Land North Of Mill Road Whitfield

2026/0210/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Appeal Dismissed (Against Refusal)Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Agricultural timber store (retrospective)

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target3 Mar
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 113 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land North Of Mill Road Whitfield. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 6 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 223 applications across Rural South Ward.

89% of full 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. Whilst it is common ground that the application site does benefit from lawful agricultural use, it is the opinion of the Local Planning Authority that the timber store is being used for the storage of domestic paraphernalia in connection with the caravan which was assessed as part of the refused planning application 2026/0236/FULL as not warranting an on-site worker in connection with agriculture. As a result of the Local Planning Authority concluding that there is no essential need for rural workers to live on site then the use of such a structure for domestic purposes is materially different to that for the purposes of solely agriculture. Such development would therefore constitute unsustainable development in an open countryside location outside of any defined village confines which is contrary to the general thrust of Policy SS1 of the South Northamptonshire Local Plan (Part 2) which seeks to direct new development towards the most sustainable locations in accordance with the District’s settlement hierarchy. 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
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Last date for comments
18 February 2026
Target decision date
3 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mulsanne Alchester Road Chesterton Oxfordshire OX26 1UN

Planning decision

Case officer
Chris Bates
Statutory period
56 days

Appeal history

6009818
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 2 September 2026Dev Type: Minor general industry/storage/warehousingReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    21 Mar

    Agricultural timber store (retrospective)

    RefusedFull Planning Permission2025/1359/FULL

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