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Land off Welford Road Northampton NN6 8GH

Awaiting decision West Northamptonshire 2024/5418/MAF Full Planning Permission (Major)

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Proposal

Development of a ground mounted solar farm, with capacity of up to 5MW, incorporating the installation of solar PV panels, associated infrastructure, access, landscaping and ecological enhancement

As published by the council, reference 2024/5418/MAF

Application record

Reference
2024/5418/MAF
Type
Full Planning Permission (Major)
Status
4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)
Received
20 Nov 2024
Validated
7 Jan 2025
Ward
Moulton Ward
Parish
Boughton
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
NN6 8GH

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 Nov 2024

    Received by West Northamptonshire

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 4 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 8 April 2025, 13 weeks from validation under the statutory target. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    West Northamptonshire took a median of 69 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

381 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with West Northamptonshire for determination, against a statutory target of thirteen weeks. Over the last year West Northamptonshire decided full applications in a median of 109 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About full applications

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