Northampton Local Plan Part 2

The Northampton Local Plan Part 2 was adopted on 23rd March 2023.  Building on the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (WNJCS) which was adopted in December 2014, it was prepared to help further guide planning decisions in the Northampton area and forms part of the Development Plan for the Northampton area, along with the WNJCS, the Minerals and Waste Local Plan and "made" neighbourhood plans.

The Part 2 Local Plan replaces the Northampton Central Area Action Plan and all of the remaining saved policies of the 1997 Northampton Local Plan. 

The Part 2 Local Plan, Policies Map, Adoption Statement and the Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment documents can be viewed below.

Inspectors’ Final Report

On 3rd February 2023, the Council received the Inspectors’ Final report which concluded that the Plan is legally compliant and sound, subject to Main Modifications being made.  This means that the Examination in Public of the Plan has now closed.

Northampton Local Plan Part 2 Proposed Further Main Modifications Consultation – 7 November 2022 – 19 December 2022 (consultation now closed)

The Consultation is now closed. Further details on the further main modifications and responses to the consultation can be found here:.  

Northampton Local Plan Part 2 Modifications Consultation - 7 July 2022 – 18 August 2022 (consultation now closed)

The Northampton Local Plan Part 2 (LPP2) is currently being examined by Government-appointed Planning inspectors who have stated that, subject to certain main modifications to the Plan being made, they would be able to find the Plan sound. 

The Consultation is now closed. Further details on the modifications and responses to the consultation can be found here:

Examination

Planning Inspectors Philip Lewis BA(Hons) MA MRTPI and Mark Sturgess BSc(Hons) MBA MRTPI have been appointed to undertake an independent examination into the soundness of the Northampton Local Plan Part 2 (the Plan).”  For more information about the examination, please follow the link below.

Northampton Local Plan Part 2 Submission and Examination

Submission (Regulation 22): 4 February 2021

On the 18 January 2021, Full Council approved the submission of the Northampton Local Plan Part 2 to the Government for independent examination by a Planning Inspector. Those who are listed on the Local Plan database will be notified that the Plan has been submitted.  Those who expressed an interest in participating in the examination process will be contacted in due course.

Proposed Submission (Regulation 19) round 2 consultation: July/September 2020

The Northampton Local Plan Part 2 Proposed Submission is being published for a second round of consultation. Following consultation in May 2019, and the publication of new Government guidelines on housing delivery, it was concluded that new policies were required and existing policies needed to be strengthened.

This Plan sets out the vision and objectives for Northampton Borough to 2029, and implements the strategy set out in the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1) which was adopted in 2014.  It contains development management and site specific policies, as well as site allocations showing where new developments should take place and which areas need to be protected and / or enhanced. Once adopted, the Northampton Local Plan Part 2, together with other development plans, will be used in the determination of planning applications.

For more information and to download documents associated with this stage of consultation, please follow the link below.

Proposed submission draft (Regulation 19) consultation - May/June 2019

The Northampton Local Plan Part 2 Proposed Submission Draft was published in May 2019 for public consultation. 

This Plan set out the vision and objectives for Northampton Borough to 2029, and was intended to implemented the strategy set out in the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (Local Plan Part 1) which was adopted in 2014.  It contained development management and site specific policies, as well as site allocations showing where new developments should take place and which areas needed to be protected and / or enhanced. Once adopted, the Northampton Local Plan Part 2, together with other development plans, will be used in the determination of planning applications.

For more information and to download documents associated with this stage, please follow the link below.

Sites consultation - September/October 2017

The third stage of the Plan process was the Sites consultation, which closed on 13 November 2017.

The purpose of this consultation was to gather views on the potential future uses of sites to deliver the strategy and development required in Part 1 of the Local Plan.

For more information and to download documents associated with this stage, please follow the link below.

Options consultation - September/November 2016

The second stage of the process was the Options consultation, which closed on 2 November 2016.

For more information and to download documents associated with this stage, please follow the link below.

Issues consultation - May/June 2016

The first stage of the Plan process was public consultation on its scope and the key issues it should address.

Two consultations ran simultaneously. The first covered the Local Plan Issues Paper, the Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report and the Statement of Community Involvement, while the second dealt with the Land Availability Assessment call for sites and its methodology.

For more information and to download documents associated with this stage, please follow the link below.