West Northamptonshire Committees

Strategic Planning Committee

Planning

Recent meetings

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16 Dec 2025

Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 16th December 2025 2.00 pm

The Strategic Planning Committee is scheduled to meet on 16 December 2025 to discuss planning applications, including developments at a car park at [Northampton Railway Station](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Car+Park+Railway+Station+No...

18 Nov 2025

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...

21 Oct 2025

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](https://www.google.com/maps/search/Towcester+Park+West+Northants+Council/) and approved...

30 Sep 2025

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](https://www.google.com/maps/search/To...

23 Sep 2025

Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 23rd September 2025 2.00 pm

The Strategic Planning Committee of West Northamptonshire Council met to discuss several planning applications, approving a primary school and a distribution warehouse, and deferring a decision on a housing development. The committee approved the constructi...

19 Aug 2025

Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 19th August 2025 2.00 pm

The Strategic Planning Committee convened to discuss several planning applications, approving a storage and distribution building at Zone G, DIRFT, Crick, and an industrial and commercial development at Woolgrowers Field, Land North of Greens Norton Road, T...

27 May 2025

Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 27th May 2025 2.00 pm

The Strategic Planning Committee were scheduled to meet to discuss three planning applications, including a solar farm and a residential development. The [agenda](https://westnorthants.moderngov.co.uk/documents/g1467/Agenda%20frontsheet%2027th-May-2025%2014...

22 Apr 2025

Strategic Planning Committee - Tuesday 22nd April 2025 2.00 pm

The West Northamptonshire Council's Strategic Planning Committee was scheduled to meet on 22 April 2025 to discuss planning applications and other committee business. The meeting was to be held at The Forum in Moat Lane, Towcester. On the agenda was a reser...

About

The Strategic Planning Committee is responsible for decisions on significant town and country planning matters within West Northamptonshire. This includes large-scale housing developments of 200 homes or more, commercial developments exceeding 10,000 square metres, and other strategically important projects identified by council officers. The committee also handles applications where public representations or consultee responses make it inappropriate for delegated powers to be exercised. Its remit is focused on major development control and strategic planning applications.

Members

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Scott Packer · Chair
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Nigel Berrill · Vice-Chair
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Anthony Lock · Member
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Bob Purser · Member
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Charles Manners · Member
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David Gaskell · Member
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David Smith · Member
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Phil Bignell · Member
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Richard Pipes · Member
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Ronald Firman · Member
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Rosie Humphreys · Member
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Sally Keeble · Member
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Trefor Hughes · Member
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Adrian Cartwright · Substitute
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Jonathan Harris · Substitute
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Nicholas Humphries · Substitute
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Rebecca Breese · Substitute
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Stephen Clarke · Substitute