Beechcroft 42 Penfold Lane Northampton NN3 9EF

2026/3782/TPOWorks to Trees (Preservation Order)Approved

Approved on 19 October 2026

Council decision: Approval

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

Proposal

T1 (Sycamore) Crown raise to 5m over public highway to allow sufficient clearance to passing vehicles. T2 (Ash) Crown reduce all round by 3-4m due to presence of Innonotus and raise to 5m over public highway to allow sufficient clearance to passing vehicles.

Received: 1 September 2026
Council: West Northamptonshire Council
Ward: Billing Ward

ReceivedReceived1 Sep
ValidatedValidated1 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date27 Oct
DecidedDecided19 Oct

Decided in 48 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a planning application at Beechcroft 42 Penfold Lane Northampton NN3 9EF. West Northamptonshire has handled 44 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 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 43 applications across Billing Ward. We hold 1,870 applications in total for the NN3 postcode area.

100% of works to trees (preservation order) 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: NN3 9EF
Application type: Works to Trees (Preservation Order)
Parish: Billing Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 September 2026
Target decision date: 27 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Michael Venton

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.

Source: West Northamptonshire

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