The Dovehouse Main Street Cotterstock PE8 5HD

1. 20 Mar 2026

   Received by North Northamptonshire

2. 27 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 15 May 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   North Northamptonshire took a median of 78 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with North Northamptonshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year North Northamptonshire decided tree works applications in a median of 48 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Little Beeches Glapthorn Road Cotterstock PE8 5HD

  25/01508/HFUL Submitted 16 Oct 2025 50 yards away

  9 solar panels on garage roof, 6 solar panels on annexe front roof, 5 solar panels on annexe rear roof (to replace permission NE/25/00654/FUL).

  Granted Householder 23 docs
  Domestic

• The Mill House Main Street Cotterstock PE8 5HD

  25/01519/TDD Submitted 17 Oct 2025 100 yards away

  5 day notice - remove dead Horse Chestnut to ground level (TPO 64).

  Decided Trees 1 doc

• Manor House Main Street Cotterstock PE8 5HD

  26/00002/TDD Submitted 19 Jan 2026 100 yards away

  5 day notice - Tree leaning and unstable and roots lifted out of earth

  Decided Trees 3 docs

• Gemini Main Street Cotterstock PE8 5HD

  26/03142/TCA Submitted 2 Nov 2026 100 yards away

  99% historically approved · decision due ~28 Dec

  T1 Weeping Willow - Crown reduction by approximately 1m, crown lift, remove deadwood, damaged branches and ivy from the trunk and general pruning to remove crossing or rubbing branches

  Awaiting decision Trees

• Gemini Main Street Cotterstock PE8 5HD

  26/01531/AOC Submitted 4 Jun 2026 100 yards away

  Discharge of Conditions pursuant to NE/24/00976/FUL - Condtion 3 (External Material), Condition 6 (Evidence of integrated bat and bird boxes)

  Granted Conditions 6 docs

• Manor House And Dovecote House Main Street Cotterstock PE8 5HD

  26/02388/LBC Submitted 24 Aug 2026 100 yards away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~17 Nov

  Provide new ethernet fibre optic circuit to ground floor study

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings

• 26/03150/TPO Awaiting decision

  Elm Bank Care Home Elm Bank Retirement Village 81 Northampton Road Kettering NN15 7JZ

  Holly (T1) - Sectionally dismantle down to ground level. Tree is dead. Risk of failure across footpath in care home grounds and also over public footpath on main road and causing injury/damage. High target area. Yew (T2) - Remove snapped limb on southern aspect Snapped limb with hazard beam in lower crown on southern aspect. Risk of failure and causing injury/damage. Birch (T3) - Crown reduce by 1.5 metres in height and spread on all aspects, leaving a finished height of 8 metres and spread on all aspects of 3 metres. Crown lift over public footpath up to 2.4 metres above footpath. Pruning cuts to be made back to suitable branch junctions, not exceeding 1/3 of the parent branch diameter Crown is heavily encroaching on building, care home signage, public footpath and road. Works will ensure that crown is maintained at a suitable size for location. Cedar (T6) - Prune back on northern aspect by 2 metres, leaving a finished spread on northern aspect of 8 metres. Pruning cuts to be made back to suitable branch junctions, not exceeding 1/3 of the parent branch diameter. Remove dead wood over 50mm diameter throughout crown. Inspect old topping points, where tree has historically been reduced in height. Crown is heavily encroaching on care home building. Over-extended limbs over building, which are prone to failure in high winds, due to exposed location. Dead wood at risk of failure and causing injury to users of the site and neighbouring property. Vertical regrowth from old topping points is substantial, thus all old pruning points require inspection, to ascertain if the unions are weak and at risk of failure. High target area. Willow (T13) - Crown reduce by 2 metres in height and spread on all aspects, leaving a finished height of 7 metres and spread on all aspects of 3 metres. Pruning cuts to be made back to suitable branch junctions, not exceeding 1/3 of the parent branch diameter. Multiple wounds on main stems caused by squirrel damage. Limbs at risk of failing...

  Received 3 Nov, published by the council 4 Nov 2026 Trees
• 26/03142/TCA Awaiting decision

  Gemini Main Street Cotterstock PE8 5HD

  T1 Weeping Willow - Crown reduction by approximately 1m, crown lift, remove deadwood, damaged branches and ivy from the trunk and general pruning to remove crossing or rubbing branches

  Received 2 Nov, published by the council 4 Nov 2026 Trees
• 26/03100/TCA Awaiting decision

  5 Bury Close Cottingham LE16 8XF

  T1 Oak - Reduce crown by 3-4m and crown raise over path T2 Sycamore- Remove

  Received 30 Oct, published by the council 3 Nov 2026 Trees
• 26/03101/TCA Awaiting decision

  27 Well Street Finedon NN9 5JP

  T1 Ash - Remove to ground level due to substantial subsidence in close proximity property

  Received 30 Oct, published by the council 4 Nov 2026 Trees
• 26/03092/TPO Awaiting decision

  DIY Store Crown Way Rushden NN10 6AX

  T1-T6 Pine; Remove deadwood. Crown thin branch endings by 15%. Sever and strip ivy. Remove T3 as close to ground level as possible (poor specimen, heavily ivy clad, only 1 branch left and top of tree has already failed and been removed).

  Received 29 Oct, published by the council 4 Nov 2026 Trees