REVEALED: Full list shows every area where tens of thousands of homes are planned across West Northants

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Councillors approved the eight-week consultation on the draft Local Plan earlier this year, setting out where development could take place up to 2043.

The current draft outlines plans for up to 47,300 new homes to be built across Northampton, Daventry, Brackley, Towcester and surrounding villages with a requirement to deliver, on average, 2,503 dwellings per year

Graham Ferrie, who spoke at the meeting on behalf of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), said the plan was “the most important document to pass through this council in many years”.

“It is vitally important we get this right as there are significant risks in getting it wrong,” he told the council chamber.

“Consultation is falling into disrepute throughout the UK. Planning departments are pressurised by Soviet style centralised planning targets and poorly justified vanity projects.

“The public who object are derided as NIMBYs must not be insulted by public servants for caring about their living arrangements.

“You must listen to what the public want and show you have responded properly and in their interests.”

Concerns have been raised around the allocation of multiple sites so far.

Reform councillor Thomas Manning, cabinet member for planning and communities, said that a number of public consultation activities have been lined up and that all responses will be “carefully considered”.

Here is a breakdown of the proposed housing sites and how many homes could be built on each:

Northampton

Northampton North – 3,550 homes (construction started)

Northampton West – 2,550 homes (construction started)

Northampton South – 1,000 homes (construction started)

Northampton South of Brackmills – 1,525 homes (construction started)

Northampton Kings Heath – 3,000 homes (construction started)

Northampton North of Whitehills – 1,086 homes (construction started)

Northampton Upton Park – 860 homes (construction started)

Northampton Norwood Farm / Upton Lodge – 3,418 homes (construction started)

Former Lings Upper School, Birds Hill Walk – 60 homes

The Farm, Hardingstone – 55 homes

Northampton Railway Station Car Park – 280 homes

Northampton Railway Station (railfreight) – 188 homes

Ryland Soans – 82 homes

Pineham – 80 homes

University of Northampton Park Campus – 585 homes

University of Northampton Avenue Campus – 170 homes

Land west of Towcester Road – 230 homes

The Green, Great Houghton – 650 homes

Hill Farm Rise, Hunsbury Hill – 80 homes

Watering Lane, Collingtree – 265 homes

Greyfriars – 400 homes

Land north of Milton Ham – 100 homes

Land west of Northampton South SUE – 361 homes

Land east of Wooldale Road – 1,700 homes

Land north of Newport Pagnell Road – 1,000 homes

Land west of A43 – 2,900 homes

Collingtree Golf Course – 300 homes

North of Buckton Fields – 1,500 homes

Grange Park – 850 homes

Daventry

Daventry North East – 3,400 homes

Daventry South West – 430 homes

Micklewell Park Extension – 1,240 homes

Land at Middlemore – 120 homes

North of Middlemore – 720 homes

Brackley

Brackley East – 350 homes

Brackley West – 700 homes

North of Radstone Fields – 450 homes

East of Radstone Road – 150 homes

Towcester

Towcester South (including Towcester Vale, Wood Burcote, Park Hall Farm) – 3,171 homes (construction started)

North of Burcote Road – 1,400 homes

Long Buckby

Around Long Buckby Station – 1,000 homes

The council has also set out the number of new homes each rural village needs. WNC says it will find suitable sites for these homes if parish council’s local plans are not ready.

New homes planned in each parish:

Badby – 29 homes

Barby – 58 homes

Blakesley – 23 homes

Blisworth – 88 homes

Upper Boddington – 31 homes

Boughton – 42 homes

Brafield on the Green – 31 homes

Braunston – 85 homes

Brixworth – 242 homes

Bugbrooke – 126 homes

Byfield – 60 homes

Chacombe – 28 homes

Chipping Warden – 31 homes

Cogenhoe – 67 homes

Creaton – 22 homes

Crick – 98 homes

Croughton – 43 homes

Culworth – 20 homes

Deanshanger – 168 homes

Denton – 34 homes

East Haddon – 32 homes

Farthinghoe – 19 homes

Flore – 64 homes

Greatworth – 40 homes

Greens Norton – 74 homes

Guilsborough – 31 homes

Hackleton – 81 homes

Harpole – 110 homes

Hartwell – 83 homes

Kilsby – 62 homes

Kings Sutton – 105 homes

Kislingbury – 63 homes

Little Houghton – 21 homes

Middleton Cheney – 178 homes

Milton Malsor – 34 homes

Naseby – 33 homes

Nether Heyford – 72 homes

Newbottle – 23 homes

Old Stratford – 106 homes

Pattishall – 69 homes

Paulerspury – 49 homes

Pitsford – 30 homes

Potterspury – 73 homes

Roade – 156 homes

Silverstone – 131 homes

Spratton – 54 homes

Staverton – 24 homes

Stoke Bruerne – 18 homes

Syresham – 38 homes

Walgrave – 42 homes

Weedon Bec – 142 homes

Welford – 53 homes

West Haddon – 81 homes

Woodford Halse – 186 homes

Yardley Gobion – 55 homes

Yardley Hastings – 37 homes

Yelvertoft – 37 homes

The council says responses from the public will help shape the next stage of the plan and will be published in due course.

A further round of consultation is expected in autumn 2026, before the plan is submitted for independent examination by the end of the year.

Across the proposed sites, pressure on infrastructure is one of the biggest concerns.

WNC’s plan highlights existing congestion on major routes including the A43, A45 and roads leading to the M1, particularly at peak times. To tackle this, the council is proposing a range of transport improvements, including junction upgrades, better public transport and new walking and cycling routes linking developments to nearby areas.

Schools are also expected to come under pressure. Larger developments, such as land west of the A43, would include new primary schools and help fund extra secondary school places, according to the plan.

Healthcare services, including GP surgeries, are also set to be expanded, with developers expected to contribute towards new or improved facilities, according to the local plan.

However, millions in developer contributions still remain unaccounted for in and around Northampton.

In January 2026, WNC has said it will not complete a full, reconciled record of its Section 106 developer contributions until the end of 2026, almost five years after the authority was created.

Section 106 payments are made by developers to fund local infrastructure such as schools, roads, community facilities and open spaces, and are intended to offset the impact of new housing.

Despite the tens of thousands of new homes which are currently being built or planned across West Northamptonshire, there is still no single public record showing how much Section 106 money the council has received since April 2021, how much has been spent, or what remains unallocated.

Environmental issues are another key factor, particularly in areas like Collingtree, where flood risk and nearby major roads present challenges. Plans include new drainage systems, green spaces and measures to protect wildlife and waterways.

The council has also said it wants to prevent towns and villages merging into each other. In West Northampton, this includes maintaining a gap between the town and villages such as Harpole through green spaces and careful planning of new estates.