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West Northamptonshire Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

West Northamptonshire Council decided more than 3,800 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 8% of those it approved or refused, about the same as the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 70 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on West Northamptonshire Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for West Northamptonshire Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from West Northamptonshire Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 3,800
Share refusedof those approved or refused 8%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 70 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 2%of more than 100 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years 1
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits Too few appeals
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2022
Local Plan policies held 77plan adopted 2014

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.