New Local Plan for West Northamptonshire
We are preparing a new local plan for the area to guide development in the period up to 2041.
The West Northamptonshire Local Plan will replace the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy Local Plan (Part 1) and the Part 2 Local Plans which were adopted for the former Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire areas.
Consultation on a Regulation 18 Draft Plan ran between 8 April and 2 June 2024 and responses received, which will be published in due course, are now being considered and will inform the next stage of the plan-making process which is known as the Regulation 19 Plan or the ‘Pre-submission’ stage. Further evidence is also being gathered, and together this may result in new or revised policies being drafted.
It is proposed that a final draft of the Plan will be consulted upon in early 2025, where we will ask for further comments before submitting the Plan to an independent inspector for examination.
The draft plan and its supporting evidence are available below.
West Northamptonshire Council approved a new Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) for the West Northamptonshire Local Plan on 14 September 2021. This SCI sets out how the council will engage stakeholders and the public in the production of the West Northamptonshire Strategic Plan. The latest version of the SCI was adopted on 30 January 2024.
The latest LDS for West Northamptonshire was approved by the Planning Policy Committee on 25 April 2023 and came into effect on 30 January 2024. The LDS sets out the timetable for the preparation of the West Northamptonshire Local Plan.
General
Please see the West Northamptonshire Council Corporate Plan.
Sustainability related
Built and natural environment related
Health and wellbeing
To follow
Housing related
Economy related
Town centre, central area, regeneration related and leisure related
Sport, leisure and tourism related
Transport related
Further documents
- Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan - Northampton (in progress)
- Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan - Daventry Consultation Draft (January 2024)
- Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan – Brackley Consultation Draft
- Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan - Towcester Consultation Draft
- Active Travel Strategy: The Opportunity (England's Economic Heartland) (May 2023)
- Peterborough – Northampton – Oxford Connectivity Study (England’s Economic Heartland) (December 2022)
- Oxford – Milton Keynes Connectivity Study (England’s Economic Heartland) (July 2023)
- Rail Strategic Objectives (England’s Economic Heartland)
Heritage related
Neighbourhood development plans
See Neighbourhood development plans.
Miscellaneous
Last updated 03 July 2024