IMPORTANT UPDATE ON THE FURTHO PIT DEVELOPMENT
COME TO THE SPC & SHOW YOUR OPPOSITION!
We’ve been notified that the Strategic Planning Committee (SPC) meeting to decide this application will take place next Tuesday 30th June at 1.00pm at The Forum in Towcester. The councillors will start arriving around an hour beforehand. So we ask for as many people as possible to come along to the SPC next Tuesday from just before 12.00 noon if you can make it, to show the council the strength of feeling against this. Please try to make a sign or placard to show what you feel most strongly about. If you are able to stay for the whole meeting that will also help to highlight the strength of public opposition to this.
THIS IS OUR LAST CHANCE TO BE HEARD!!
The more people who demonstrate their concern in person, the stronger the message to SPC councillors that this is the wrong development in the wrong place!
WRITE TO WNC PLANNING
Whether or not you can join us, it’s also vital to submit another letter of objection. Although there are already well over 3,000 objections, a surge of fresh objections just before the SPC meeting can make a real impact. All key objection points, detailed information, and copies of our expert consultant reviews are available on our website. This is your last chance to show WNC that opposition remains strong. You don’t have to live in West Northants to comment, but it needs to be submitted before 30th June.
As always, we are deeply grateful for the support, energy, and determination of our community to protect our rural landscape from an inappropriate and damaging development. We will continue to keep you updated on the latest via this website, our Mailing List, Facebook page and Instagram.
“Quite extraordinarily incongruous to its location and threatens significant impacts on the landscape”
Environmental Consultant
Dominic Woodfield CEcol, CEnv, MCIEEM
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Or you can email to planning@westnorthants.gov.uk
or write to: Planning Department, West Northampton Council, The Guildhall, St Giles Square, Northampton, NN1 1DE
Always include the Planning Reference Number WNS/2022/1741/EIA
The Wrong Development in the Wrong Place
A group of concerned residents have got together to oppose the planned warehouse development at the A5/A508 roundabout between Cosgrove and Old Stratford. The proposal is for a 750,000 plus sq ft development of 9 warehouses, 5 storeys high. The land was earmarked, several years ago, for development as a light industrial zone offering employment and in keeping with the local area. Our view is the development meets none of the above criteria.
This massive development and related infrastructure will negatively impact on traffic using the A5, the A508 and the A422. It will cause air, light, noise and environmental pollution and destroy land inhabited by protected species. It shows no concern for people who live within a five mile radius and who will be most impacted by the development.
We chose the name
Stop3000Trucks for our campaign based on the developer’s original plan for 96 docking bays x 1-2 movements per hour x 24 hours (a truck can comfortably be unloaded in 30 minutes. Faster if it’s automated). So 3000 was a conservative estimate of the site's potential.
In the previous lot of plans dated 15th August 2023, the number of bays was reduced from 96 to 59. This works out to potentially 2800 trucks per day. This number could easily be revised upwards as there is no WNC requirement to limit the number of bays, or the number of truck movements, or the hours in which they operate! In addition, automated unloading is becoming the norm in warehouses across Northants and nationally. This means a lorry can be unloaded in 7 minutes rather than the standard 25 minutes.
In the latest planning documents dated February 2025, the number of loading bays is obscured. We maintain that there are 78 bays unless they provide clarification. Until the unit is sold, the exact number will remain unknown.
We need your help to stop the A5/A508 junction Warehouse Development leading to massive traffic issues in an already congested area.
Have Your Say
You can use the red button above (and on every page of this site) to go straight to the WNC comments site. You will need to register, which will take 30 seconds. You can then use any of the objections listed on the link below, or add your own reasons. We would encourage you to use your own words wherever possible.
“Our vision is to make West Northants…..a place where we have modern towns but where rural character is cherished”
West Northants Council Vision Statement
