New flats, HMOs and church fencing among latest Northamptonshire planning applications
Plans for dozens of new homes in Northampton and across West Northamptonshire have been submitted to the council as part of the latest round of planning applications.
Among the biggest proposals is application 2024/2775/MAF for the construction of 54 homes on land east of The Green in Hardingstone.
The major scheme includes 35 market homes ranging from one to five bedrooms, alongside 19 affordable properties with one, two and three-bedroom layouts. The plans also include garages and car ports, a new access road, parking, landscaping, drainage works and a Local Area of Play (LAP).
Another major Northampton application, reference 2026/1830/MAF, seeks permission to build 14 flats on land between the Queens Building on Barrack Road and No.5 Leicester Parade.
Elsewhere in Northampton, plans have been submitted to convert homes into houses in multiple occupation (HMOs). Application 2026/1868/FULL proposes changing 87 Hood Street from a standard dwelling into a four-bedroom HMO, while application 2026/1966/FULL would convert 23 Connaught Street into a four-occupant HMO.
A further proposal, application 2026/1936/FULL, involves converting properties at 108 St Georges Avenue and 17 Homestead Way into six flats, alongside the conversion of a garage and existing flat into a dwellinghouse.
Other Northampton applications include plans for the installation of 2.4-metre wrought iron fencing and gates at Castle Hill United Reformed Church on Doddridge Street under applications 2026/1139/FULL and 2026/1141/LBC.
Across the wider county, proposals include replacement windows at Blakesley Endowed CE Primary School, a detached garage block at the former infants school in Silverstone, and the installation of defibrillator and bleed kit cabinets outside the Nationwide branch at Sponne House Shopping Centre in Towcester.
Residents can view and comment on the applications online through West Northamptonshire Council or by writing to the planning department at The Guildhall in Northampton within 21 days of the notice published on May 21, 2026.
The public notice was published in the Chronicle & Echo and the Public Notice Portal.