If you are looking for online information about planning go to the Planning Portal. They are open for business here 24 hours a day 7 days a week. On their site you will find interactive tools and services and all sorts of useful planning information – on top of the information you will find on this website.
You can also use the computers in our Planning and Building Control reception at the main Council offices in Towcester to access any Council related service on the web but these can be especially useful for planning applications site research. You can use the machines without an appointment (during office hours), and our staff will be happy to get you started on them.
The reception is open for business Monday to Thursday, 8:45 am to 5:15 pm, and Friday 8:45 am to 4:45 pm. Contact us if you need more information.
You can start using the services now by clicking on by clicking the links below .
Or you can work through the links on this page:
You can search online for any planning applications submitted since 1974 and any Building Regulations information back to 1992. Searching is possible by location, applicant’s name, various dates and planning or building regulations reference.
Full details of planning applications are provided, covering the whole planning process – and including appeal information. You can even find where you are in the planning process and make comments online. Plans and documents are also included in the planning register for consultation purposes. Copies of consent documents can also be ordered online from the Building Regulations register.
Read the introduction page for full details of the service. To use the registers click on Online Planning and Building Regulations Register.
You can use our online maps to find planning applications, listed buildings, conservation areas and a range of useful planning information.
Go to Maps Online.
The views of local people are very important and are taken seriously by the council when it looks at planning applications. We welcome your comments, whether you support or oppose a particular planning application.
To help you get your views across to us, we have put together some do's and don'ts. You can find them by clicking on Comments on a planning application. You make your comments online using a simple form, either from the application on the Online Planning Register or by clicking here.
We publish a weekly list of all applciations recieved, decided and ammeded. You can view these lists by clicking List of planning applications and decisions. However if you want to find specific applciations it can be a lot easier to search the Online Planning Register.
Decisions on the majority of planning applications are made by officers under what is called "delegated powers". The more major, detailed and controversial applications are generally decided by the Development Control Committee.
You can see the list of decisions for the next committee – and minutes of old meetings - by clicking on Committee minutes, agendas and reports.
You can submit online planning applications through the Planning Portal. Here you can attach all the required documents, plans, etc and also buy location plans for the application if don`t already have them.
To get started just click Planning Portal. You will need to log in as a public or professional user and select Planning/Planning Applications/Make Planning Application from the menus. Have a look around while your there, as new information is regularly added and there are lots of useful planning tools and information packs.
For other planning documents and forms click on Planning Document Library or Planning Forms.