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.
Whilst the current local plan timetable proposes that a final draft of the Plan will be consulted upon in early 2025, recent government proposals for plan making have implications for the progression of the local plan and that timetable.
Officers are currently working on a revised work plan to address the changes and once this has been completed, a revised Local Development Scheme will be prepared and published.
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 26 February 2025 and came into effect on 6 March 2025. 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 06 March 2025