North Northamptonshire planning appeals
North Northamptonshire is among the ten per cent of English councils most often overturned on appeal. Inspectors allowed 44% of the planning appeals decided against it, against 31% across England.
That ranks North Northamptonshire 20 of 195 English councils with at least 20 appeals decided, counting from the most often overturned.
What this means if you are objecting
A refusal here is overturned more often than in most of England, so a developer refused by North Northamptonshire has better than average odds on appeal. That is an argument for making your objection rest on the adopted local plan rather than on amenity alone, because policy conflict is what survives an inspector reading the file.
Householder appeals
25 householder appeals were decided against North Northamptonshire, with 44% allowed. These are extensions, loft conversions and the like, and they are decided under a faster procedure than a full planning appeal.
Against the rest of East Midlands
Across East Midlands, inspectors allowed 33% of planning appeals on average. North Northamptonshire is a unitary authority.
Other councils in East Midlands
- Nottingham56% (19/34)
- South Derbyshire52% (12/23)
- West Northamptonshire40% (26/65)
- Charnwood36% (8/22)
- East Lindsey33% (7/21)
- Newark and Sherwood33% (7/21)
- South Kesteven32% (8/25)
- Harborough29% (7/24)
Objecting to an application in North Northamptonshire?
Enter the planning reference and we will check the designations on the site, the adopted local plan and the applicant's own documents, then tell you which grounds you actually have. That part is free.
Check my grounds, freeFigures cover April 2025 to March 2026 and come from the Planning Inspectorate, Decisions by LPA and decision maker, published under the Open Government Licence. Section 78 planning appeals only. “Allowed” means the inspector granted permission the council had refused. Source data.