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Land adjacent Top House Farm Elkington Road Welford

2026/3754/PAPrior ApprovalApproved

Approved on 11 November 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval not required

Proposal

Determination as to whether Prior Approval is required [Under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the above order] for the erection of an open fronted general purpose barn for hay/straw storage

Received
14 September 2026
Ward
Naseby Ward
  1. Received14 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 49 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a planning application at Land adjacent Top House Farm Elkington Road Welford. West Northamptonshire has handled 20 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 3 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 66 applications across Naseby Ward.

92% of all 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

Application type
Prior Approval
Parish
Welford

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2026
Target decision date
17 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Andrew Holden

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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