Simon Ellis

The Strategic Planning Committee approved the demolition of an existing building and the erection of two employment units at 1 Stone Circle Road, Northampton, on 21 October 2025. The decision was approved subject to conditions. These conditions include a post-commissioning noise survey, full site characterisation and risk assessment, a remediation scheme, procedures for unexpected contamination, a detailed site-specific Construction Environmental Management Plan, and a detailed lighting scheme.

...to approve the officer's report regarding the Green Hill Solar Farm Development Consent Order application (2025/3341/DCO), subject to additional comments to be detailed in the minutes, and to delegate authority for responding to consultations and technical matters to the Assistant Director of Planning, in consultation with the Cabinet Member for Planning & Communities and the Chair of Strategic Planning Committee.

...approval was granted for reserved matters, including access, appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale, for a local center development at Towcester Vale, comprising a convenience store, shop units, flats, and houses, pursuant to a previous outline application.

... the Strategic Planning Committee of West Northamptonshire approved, subject to conditions and completion of a Section 106 Agreement, 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.

... 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.