West Northamptonshire Local Plan

West Northants Council (WNC) are seeking the views of residents in shaping the Local Plan for West Northamptonshire.

The Local Plan is a key document setting out the future of development across West Northamptonshire up to 2043. It sets out how land will be used for housing, employment, green spaces, and infrastructure.

Details of the draft plan & how to comment upon it can be found

New Local Plan for West Northamptonshire | West Northamptonshire Council

The draft plan includes a ‘Rural Housing Requirement’ and for Barby there is an additional requirement for a minium of 58 houses being provided up to the end of the plan in 2043. If this happens it will inevitably extend the village into the surrounding Countryside. The Parish Council will be objecting to this allocation as it is not clear how this figure has been determined nor does it take our own Neighbourhood development plan into account.

Rugby Council are proposing to designate the Warwickshire section of the Rainsbrook Valley as a ‘landscape of elevated sensitivity’ which will help protect the beauty of the area from development. Your Parish Council are asking WNC to include, within their new local plan, the same protection to the Northamptonshire section of the Rainsbrook Valley.

The Parish Council encourages all residents to take part in WNC’s consultation over its’ local plan which runs until 27th March 2026.

This is everyone’s opportunity to have their say on whether or not they would like to see more houses being built in Barby and to press for changes regarding the status of the Rainsbrook Valley.

Barby & Onley Parish Council