Councillor Richard Pipes
Email: richard.pipes@westnorthants.gov.uk
Council: West Northamptonshire
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Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
14 meetings · Page 1 of 3
Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 16th December 2025 2.00 pm
Council - Thursday 27th November 2025 5.00 pm
The West Northamptonshire Council was scheduled to meet on 27 November 2025 at The Guildhall, Northampton. The agenda included discussion of the Local Government Pension Scheme, the Youth Justice Plan, changes to committee places, and a new public mortuary. Councillors were also expected to discuss motions on rural road safety, family support, blue badges[^2] and digital IDs.
Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 18th November 2025 3.00 pm
The West Northamptonshire Council's Strategic Planning Committee convened on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, to discuss and decide on two major planning applications in Harpole. Both applications, concerning land at Norwood Farm and land north west of Upper High Street, were approved in line with officer recommendations, subject to conditions.
Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 21st October 2025 2.00 pm
The Strategic Planning Committee met on Tuesday to discuss four planning applications. Councillors approved reserved matters for industrial buildings at Towcester Park and approved recommendations for the Kab Seating Ltd site, while also refusing the Podium Business Park application and deferring a decision on the Car Park Railway Station application.
Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 30th September 2025 2.00 pm
The Strategic Planning Committee convened to discuss and approve recommendations for a major residential development and a large solar farm project. Councillors approved the reserved matters for land at Towcester Vale relating to the main local centre, and agreed the position for the Green Hill Solar Farm as set out in the officer's report, subject to additional comments.
Decisions from Meetings
20 decisions · Page 3 of 4
2024/0672/MAO - Land North West of Upper High Street, Harpole
From: Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 23rd September 2025 2.00 pm - September 23, 2025
...the Strategic Planning Committee of West Northamptonshire decided to defer a decision on application 2024/0672/MAO for land north west of Upper High Street, Harpole, with the specific reasons to be detailed in the meeting minutes, while approving the recommendations outlined in the planning committee report.
Recommendations Approved
2025/2390/MAF - Zone A, DIRFT
From: Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 23rd September 2025 2.00 pm - September 23, 2025
... the construction of a storage and distribution building with ancillary office floorspace (Use Class B8) with associated infrastructure works, drainage, access arrangements, internal roads, HGV and car parking, and hard and soft landscaping at Zone A DIRFT was approved, subject to conditions.
Recommendations Approved
2025/1993/MAF - Zone G, DIRFT, Crick
From: Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 19th August 2025 2.00 pm - August 19, 2025
...the construction of a storage and distribution building with ancillary office floorspace, ancillary buildings, and associated infrastructure at Zone G, DIRFT, Crick, was approved subject to conditions.
Recommendations Approved
2024/5352/MAF - Land to the West of A43 Buckingham Road, Evenley, NN13 5GH
From: Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 19th August 2025 2.00 pm - August 19, 2025
...to grant permission for the construction, operation, and decommissioning of a renewable biomethane gas generation facility with associated infrastructure on land to the West of A43 Buckingham Road, Evenley, NN13 5GH, subject to conditions and the completion of a Section 106 agreement to secure off-site mitigation measures for skylarks and breeding birds.
Recommendations Approved
S/2020/2045/MAO - Woolgrowers Field, Land North of Greens Norton Road, Towcester
From: Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 19th August 2025 2.00 pm - August 19, 2025
Recommendations Approved
Summary
Meetings Attended: 14
Average per Month: 1.8
Decisions Recorded: 20