West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) are in the process of constructing a new Local Plan that will cover the period up to 2043. This new plan is currently subject to a Regulation 18 consultation, which means that organisations, councils and members of the public have the chance to have their say before the new plan is adopted. Click this link to view the formal WNC documents and take part in the consultaion process. East Farndon Parish Council (EFPC) will be considering the latest plan at their March 2026 meeting and if you have any comments, please use this link to email our Parish Clerk, Sarah Gresly.
EFPC have been monitoring progress and making inputs into this new plan, and are keeping a very keen eye on how housing development features for East Farndon. In addition, as we are on the border with Market Harborough, EFPC continues to monitor the development of the new Harborough Local Plan. EFPC submitted our drawn East Farndon Village Confines for the new WNC plan, but these are no longer required as the village has been re-classified as a small settlement / hamlet. EFPC made 4 nominations for local green spaces, Village Green, Marriott Green, Church Grounds, Church Burial Ground & Extension. These have all been accepted and are included in the new WNC Local Plan.
Note that the new local plan covers other matters in addition to housing, such as employment, infrastructure, climate, biodiversity, special landscape areas, heritage, flooding, transport etc. The provisions on heritage seem to be largely unchanged from the current provision.
East Farndon Village Confines, Local Green Spaces & Heritage
In the new WNC Local Plan, East Farndon has been classified, following a robust analysis of services and facilities, as a small settlement/ hamlet. This is the smallest settlement size of the four categories set by WNC. Drawn Village Confines are not required for a small settlement / hamlet and WNC regards the whole area as open countryside when considering housing and other development applications. New housing targets are not set for the small settlement / hamlet category. With this change, East Farndon seems to be well protected from new developments, but of course major strategic planning applications could be received, but these will be managed on a case by case basis. East Farndon is also in a special landscape area which offers further protection. As explained above, East Farndon has 4 Local Green Spaces in the new WNC local plan. Please click the links below to see more details.
Local Green Space Nominations Map
Also, most people will know that East Farndon has medieval settlement remains in the village and this is a Historic England Scheduled Monument. This can be viewed in map form by clicking the link below.