Local Plan

Minister for Housing and Planning Matthew Pennycook (picture: Press Association), left, and leader of West Northamptonshire Council, Councillor Mark Arnull

Reform council welcomes planning inspector's visit amid row over Local Plan

Ashberry Strategic Land’s describes the aim as creating “a well integrated, high quality new place”.

Major plans submitted to build up to 70 homes as extension to village

The Local Plan includes 1,500 homes in Boughton

Parish council calls in independent expert to scrutinise Local Plan

Councillor Mark Arnull

Local Plan consultation WNC tried to scrap opens after Government intervention

Councillor Mark Arnull

Council formally challenges Government over Local Plan intervention

Cllr Daniel Lister is 'absolutely furious' after the Government stepped in to stop WNC scrapping its Local Plan (WNC/Getty Images)

Conservative leader 'absolutely furious' as Local Plan 'forced' through

West Northamptonshire Council leader Reform Cllr Mark Arnull

Reform scraps Local Plan to ‘get it right’ as opposition brands move ‘reckless’

Cllr Mark Arnull, Reform UK Group Leader and Leader of West Northamptonshire Council

Government tells WNC to continue with Local Plan after Reform votes to scrap it

The houses are proposed to be built on fields on the right hand side of the image

Plans in the pipeline for up to 400 new homes as extension to village

A consultation on West Northamptonshire Council's Local Plan took place from 29 January to 27 March 2026 (WNC)

Record-breaking 6,000 responses to West Northants Council's draft Local Plan

Residents and golfers protested outside The Guildhall on Saturday April 25. Photo: Kirsty Edmonds.

Residents protest Reform-led WNC's plans to allocate golf course for 300 homes

Here's what the site could look like

Plans unveiled to build two new warehouses which could create hundreds of jobs

Under the draft document, up to 47,000 new homes could be built over the plan period to 2043. This includes over 33,000 homes in Northampton, 4,670 homes in Daventry, 3,050 homes in Brackley and Towcester, and thousands more across many rural villages and towns.

Full list shows where thousands of homes are planned across West Northants

Over 300 residents showed up at a meeting last week to fight against the golf course plans.

Residents 'ready to fight' WNC's plan that could see homes built on golf course

Collingtree Park Golf Club is campaigning to stop its land from being included in West Northants Council's draft local housing plan.

Popular Northampton golf club launches campaign to STOP 300 homes on its land

The Local Plan is a key document shaping the future of development across West Northamptonshire up to 2043.

Concerns raised over council's local plan including development near woodland
Local residents have pleaded with West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) to remove several housing allocations in the authority’s newest draft Local Plan, including a 100-home development allocated next to a popular woodland on the edge of Northampton.
Nadia Lincoln, Local Democracy Reporter

The Local Plan is a key document shaping the future of development across West Northamptonshire up to 2043 (WNC)

Thousands of new homes planned for towns and villages across West Northants

The Brackmills line in 1960 - shown here with its former crossing in Far Cotton.

Two former railway lines could be reopened as well as construction of major road

The area around Long Buckby railway station has been identified in the draft West Northamptonshire Council plan for around 1,000 new homes and four hectares of employment land.

WNC identifies area around railway station in village for 1,000-home development

Northampton-based developer Colecar Strategic Land is asking for public feedback for their plans to build 46 homes off Welford Road in Creaton.

Plans being drawn up to build 46 homes as an extension to quiet village

Community Matters

New year brings new opportunities for residents to help shape the future of grow...

Kingswood House, on The Avenue in Cliftonville, will be converted into five HMO flats following council approval in May 2025

Labour calls on council to introduce tighter restrictions on HMOs in town

Cllr Charlie Hastie, Cabinet Member for Housing.

Residents speak out about HMOs as council launches consultation on Local Plan

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Feedback sought on how the Council engages with communities on its planning serv...

399 Wellingborough Road (left) has been given planning permission by WNC to be converted into a nine-bed HMO. The property is next to a children's nursery.

Plans approved to convert Victorian house next to children's nursery into HMO

Tilia Homes Central has successfully secured committee approval to develop land off Ransome Road

Tilia Homes Central takes a step closer to delivering new homes on derelict brow...

West Northamptonshire Council

Help shape the future planning in West Northamptonshire
People across West Northamptonshire are being invited to have their say on the draft Local Plan strategy which enables West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) to plan for the future of the area positively and sustainably by guiding decisions on future development proposals and creating places where people wish to live, work and visit and will thrive.
Rebecca Hutson, writing on behalf of WNC

WNC has been told to scrap a plan to ban takeaways from opening within a five minute walk from schools in Northampton.

Plans to stop new takeaways opening too close to schools cannot go ahead

A CGI of a streetscene at Bellway’s Staverton Lodge development

New development launches on former hotel and farm site in Daventry

The homes would be built on land the size of 18 football pitches next to Deanshanger

Online public consultation opens for 190-home housing development in Northampton...

The developments are expected to dwarf Towcester's town hall

Save Towcester Now campaign passes 1,500 signatures against warehouse plans

There are more than 20 shops in Northampton town centre alone that have been shut for more than a year.

At least 20 empty Northampton high-street shops could be dusted off with council...

The Local Plan Part 2 will help outline how Northampton grows over the next decade.

A second say for residents on how and where 19,000 homes are built across Northa...

13,500 new homes are to be delivered across Northampton over the next ten years

Have your say on new plan outlining delivery of 13,500 new homes in Northampton

Part 2 of the Local Plan sets out the growth for Northampton up until 2029

Updated Local Plan outlining Northampton's growth for next decade to go out for ...

A masterplan to build 35,000 homes and create more than 30,000 jobs between now and 2031 has been formally adopted

Masterplan for 35,000 homes and 30,000 jobs for Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough...

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Revised plans to build solar farm near Northampton thrown out by planners

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