Land South of Towcester Racecourse and land South of Spine Road Towcester
Proposal
Request for EIA scoping opinion pursuant to Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
- Received
- 10 February 2026
- Decided
- 27 March 2026 · EIA Scoping Opinion Given
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Deanshanger and Paulerspury Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted10 Feb
- ValidatedValidated10 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Mar
- TargetTarget Date27 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 Mar
Decided in 45 days (council typically 70)
This is an outline application at Land South of Towcester Racecourse and land South of Spine Road Towcester. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,502 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 45 days, 9 days quicker than West Northamptonshire's median. The site is in the Towcester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Deanshanger and Paulerspury Ward.
Application Details
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Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: West Northamptonshire
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Associated applications
- 202610 Feb
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Towcester
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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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