Planning application
The Bell Plantation Watling Street Towcester NN12 6GX
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of 1no. commercial building, replacement car parking and associated works.
As published by the council, reference 2025/2119/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2119/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- 4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)
- Received
- 8 May 2025
- Validated
- 8 May 2025
- Ward
- Towcester Ward
- Parish
- Towcester
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- NN12 6GX
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/3042/COND Awaiting decision
The Bell Plantation Watling Street Towcester NN12 6GX
Discharge of Condition 4 [Archaeology] on Planning Permission 2025/1996/FULL [Rear extension to existing garden centre (Class E(a)), creation of covered storage area and ancillary offices (Class E(g)(i)) together with associated works]
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2025/4917/PA Granted
The Bell Plantation Watling Street Towcester NN12 6GX
Installation of roof mounted 131.04kW solar PV system comprising of 288 x Canadian Solar 455w modules
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2025/1995/FULL Awaiting decision
The Bell Plantation Watling Street Towcester NN12 6GX
Extension to existing soft play facility (Class E(d)) and associated works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 May 2025
Received by West Northamptonshire
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4 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 July 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Northamptonshire took a median of 67 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Northamptonshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Northamptonshire decided full applications in a median of 101 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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The Bell Plantation Watling Street Towcester NN12 6GX
89% historically approved · decision due ~25 Jun
Extension to existing soft play facility (Class E(d)) and associated works.
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The Bell Plantation Watling Street Towcester NN12 6GX
Installation of roof mounted 131.04kW solar PV system comprising of 288 x Canadian Solar 455w modules
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The Bell Plantation Watling Street Towcester NN12 6GX
98% historically approved · decision due ~16 Sep
Discharge of Condition 4 [Archaeology] on Planning Permission 2025/1996/FULL [Rear extension to existing garden centre (Class E(a)), creation of covered storage area and ancillary offices (Class E(g)(i)) together with associated works]
Awaiting decision Conditions Extension 6 docs -
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Variation cond 6 (opening hours) S/2017/1596/FUL Extension to rear of existing commercial premises to provide additional storage The timings for the operational use for the kitchen business to remain as stated in condition 6. In addition to allow for 24 hour/7days a week use of the EV Charging units on the car park for business and other users
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Remove to ground level 1 x Oak TPO: 05/1997
Granted Trees 7 docs -
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