Archive for category: WNC Local Plan

Parishioners will notice there has been little update about WNC’s draft Local Plan on our website since 2024. This is because when the Labour government came into power, WNC’s housing targets increased by 9,000 homes. This resulted in the Local Plan being re-drafted.

The updated draft Local Plan proposes the following for Boughton parish:-

• 1,500 houses for North of Buckton Fields;
• changes to the village confines;
• a housing target of 42 houses for the village up to the period 2043; and
• it introduces new policies about “green wedges”.

An eight week public consultation on the updated draft Local Plan will open on Thursday 29 January and run through to Saturday 28 March 2026.  Boughton Parish Council will actively post updates when available.

WNC is hosting a series of public engagement events where people can find out more and share their views:

• 2 February – Moulton Community Centre, Moulton, NN3 7AX (1:30–4:30pm)

• 6 February – The Forum, Towcester, NN12 6AF (12–5pm)

• 10 February – Wootton Community Centre, Wootton, NN4 6ED (2–7:30pm)

• 11 February – Middleton Cheney Village Hall, Middleton Cheney, OX17 2LT (12–4:30pm)

• 12 February – Mercure Hotel, Daventry, NN11 0SG (3–6:30pm)

• 19 February – Grosvenor Centre, Northampton, NN1 2EW (12:30–4:30pm)

• 4 March – Long Buckby Community Centre, Long Buckby, NN6 7QB (3–7:30pm)

• 11 March – Brackley Town Hall, Brackley, NN13 7AB (12:30–6pm)

https://westnorthants.citizenspace.com/planning/west-northamptonshires-local-plan-reg18/

Below is a summary of questions previously received. It has been updated to reflect that WNC have now launched their consultation on the draft Local Plan.

Q&A (Northampton Boundary Change) - April 24

The Parish Council are holding an extra-ordinary meeting on Tuesday 30th April, 6.30pm, at the Church Rooms, to discuss the proposed change to the Northampton planning boundary. WNC officers will be attending to answer the Parish Council’s questions.

The meeting agenda will be published shortly but anyone wanting to attend the meeting MUST let the Parish Clerk know. The venue has a limited seating capacity. 

Please email: clerk@boughtonparishcouncil.co.uk

 

WNC have released the following statement:

“People across West Northamptonshire are being invited to have their say on the draft Local Plan strategy which enables West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) to plan for the future of the area positively and sustainably by guiding decisions on future development proposals and creating places where people wish to live, work and visit and will thrive.

The draft Plan sets out a vision and objectives for the area, its ambitions for new development and commitment to dealing with climate change. The Plan allocates land for housing and employment and contains a series of planning policies for these and many other topics such as leisure, transport, health and wellbeing, infrastructure and the environment and where development can and cannot take place.

Once adopted the new Plan will replace current plans that cover West Northamptonshire and form part of the development plan against which planning decisions are made.

This consultation is gives residents the opportunity to get involved with this stage of the local plan process and will help WNC consider and address issues before a final draft is produced.

People can have their say from Monday 8 April to Sunday 2 June by visiting the Local Plan consultation.”