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Unit Dc6 Style Way Swan Valley NN4 9EX

2026/2336/PAPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the above Order) to install 9694 No. monocrystalline silicon solar photo-voltaic modules over curved metal trapezoidal roof pitched roof.

Received
5 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upton Ward
  1. Received5 Jun
  2. Validated5 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Unit Dc6 Style Way Swan Valley NN4 9EX. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 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 18 applications across Upton Ward. We hold 1,608 applications in total for the NN4 postcode area.

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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Application details

Postcode
NN4 9EX
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kislingbury

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 June 2026
Target decision date
30 July 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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