80 homes set for approval on Northampton village

Plans to build up to 80 new homes next to a Northampton village have been recommended for approval, despite the scheme receiving 100 letters of objection from local residents.

Nadia Lincoln Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 29th July 2026 5:03pm

Kislingbury Farm LLP submitted plans for the residential site on land off Upton Valley Way North, next to Pineham Village, which is a housing estate of around 559 homes to the west of Hunsbury.

The proposals will go to a meeting of West Northamptonshire Council’s (WNC) non-strategic planning committee next Thursday (August 6), where it is recommended that councillors rubber-stamp the 80 homes.

Documents state the homes will include a range of 2-bed and 5-bed properties across both houses and apartments, as well as the provision of 18 (22.5 per cent) affordable homes. The exact layout would be submitted during the reserved matters stage.

The application has proven controversial, with Hunsbury Meadow Parish Council objecting to the development and raising concerns about potential flooding in the area, traffic and congestion on local roads, and the strain on limited infrastructure in the area.

The site is separated from Pineham Village by a narrow green corridor of hedges and trees directly next to the properties in the Pineham development. Local residents have also objected to the scheme in numbers, as well as attaching photos they have taken of flooding incidents at the proposed housing site.

One person wrote: “As a resident of Pineham, it concerns me greatly that it is impacting the flood defences and putting our homes and school at risk.

“Furthermore, I know many residents enjoy this walk through the country park and adding additional housing will ruin the wonderful views which many of us considered when we bought our homes here.”

Another said: “The land in question has ALWAYS been known as a flood plain area. We are already at risk of flooding with the new industrial units being built along with the new houses that have gone up alongside us, all this water will flow directly towards our properties.

“The current proposal has nothing in place to support our local infrastructure. The local hospital is already at breaking point and our local doctors are unable to take on new patients.

“These fields are an integral part of the landscape providing glorious views and natural landscape stretching over Upton Valley Country Park. If this development was to go ahead, this would cause irreversible damage to them, the environment and the area.”

Comments from WNC’s planning policy team state that design of the housing project “must consider the nearby floodplain; mitigation is required”. However, the council’s Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) has stated that documents submitted are “satisfactory” and that it has no objections to the scheme, subject to relevant conditions on drainage and surface water discharge being met.

An earlier application in 2020 for 80 homes on the same site was also submitted by the same developer, however never made it to committee stage after it was met with concern from local residents. In 2023, when the current scheme was submitted, the applicant said that the issues of flooding had been addressed.

A report to the planning committee said benefits of the scheme include the delivery of market and affordable housing, improved walking and cycling links and contribution to the economy through investment in construction.

It concluded: “It is considered that the benefits of the current scheme would significantly and demonstrably outweigh the identified adverse impacts when assessed against the policies.

“It is therefore the view of officers that the application should be approved subject to: the Completion of a 106-agreement securing the obligations set out above and to the conditions set out below with delegated authority to the Assistant Director – Planning and Development to make any necessary amendments to conditions as deemed necessary.”

The planning meeting will take place at 4pm on August 6 at the council chamber in the Towcester Forum, and the scheme will be heard alongside a number of other planning applications.

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