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7 Barn Close Towcester NN12 6LR

2026/0486/TPOWorks to Trees (Preservation Order)Approved

Approved on 23 March 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

T1 Lime reduce the south east side of the canopy back away from Property boundary by 2 to 3 metres. T2 Sycamore Reduce the east side of the canopy back away from property boundary by 2 to 3 metres

Received
29 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Towcester Ward
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Mar
  4. Target26 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a tree application at 7 Barn Close Towcester NN12 6LR. West Northamptonshire has handled 2,198 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 2 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 128 applications across Towcester Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the NN12 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
NN12 6LR
Application type
Works to Trees (Preservation Order)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Towcester

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026
Last date for comments
16 March 2026
Target decision date
26 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Colin Ellis 2 Britain Cottages Blisworth Road Gayton Northampton NN7 3HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
7

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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