Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange

What happens next

A decision on the application for a Development Consent Order for Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange was taken on 09 October 2019 and has now been issued.

The period for legal challenge is defined in s118 of the Planning Act 2008. Further information about legal challenge can be found in the letter sent to all Interested Parties accompanying the Secretary of State’s decision and statement of reasons.

If you have any queries about the process please email the Planning Inspectorate at [email protected] or telephone the helpline on 0303 444 5000.

Timeline (41 items)

The Secretary of State for Transport has issued a decision on the non-material change application made on 8 August 2022 for a non-material change to The Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Order 2019. For further information please refer to the following decision documentation:

The Secretary of State’s Decision Letter (PDF, 211 KB)
Amendment Order (PDF, 152 KB)

06 April 2023

The consultation responses on the application for a non-material change to the Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange have been published.

24 February 2023

The Secretary of State has extended the period for Interested Parties to make comments on the consultation responses received in relation to the application for a Non-Material Change to the Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Development Consent Order 2019.

The new deadline for any response is Wednesday 15 February 2023

14 February 2023

The Secretary of State has published a letter (PDF, 126 KB) inviting comments from any Interested Party on the consultation responses received in relation to the application for a Non-Material Change to the Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Development Consent Order 2019.

The deadline for any response is 10 February 2023

The Applicant’s response to the consultation responses received (PDF, 323 KB) in relation to the Non-Material Change Application has been published.

27 January 2023

The consultation responses on the application for a non-material change to the Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange have been published.

17 November 2022

An application for a non-material change to the Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Development Consent Order has been made by SEGRO (Junction 15) Limited (previously Roxhill (Junction 15) Limited).

If you wish to make a representation, this should be emailed to [email protected] or posted to:

National Infrastructure
The Planning Inspectorate
Temple Quay House
2 The Square
Bristol
BS1 6PN

The deadline for receipt of representations is 11:59pm on Monday 26 September 2022

11 August 2022

On 7 October 2020, the Secretary of State for Transport issued a correction order (PDF, 124 KB) and correction notice (PDF, 115 KB) to make corrections to the Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Order 2019, following a request by the Applicant (PDF, 67 KB).

07 October 2020

The Secretary of State has granted development consent for this application. For further information, please refer to the following decision documentation:

Notification of Decision Letter
Secretary of State Decision Letter
Development Consent Order as made by the Secretary of State
Recommendation Report
Post-Examination Submissions

10 October 2019
Decision made by the Secretary of State
09 October 2019
Recommendations given by the Planning Inspectorate
09 July 2019

The examination closed at 23:59 on 9 April 2019.

09 April 2019
03 April 2019
26 March 2019
21 March 2019
19 March 2019

Submissions for Deadline 5 – 26 February 2019 have been published.

27 February 2019
10 January 2019

Deadline 3 submissions have been published.

04 December 2018

The Accompanied Site Inspection (ASI) will commence at 10.00am on Tuesday 18 December 2018. Attendees are requested to arrive at the meeting place at 09.30am at the PHP Offices (The Old Rectory, Milton Malsor NN7 3AQ).

A full ASI itinerary, will be published on our website in the week before the ASI. Please see the notification letter for further details.

28 November 2018
21 November 2018
09 November 2018

Read the letter

The Examination Timetable (Rule 8 letter) has been sent to Interested Parties

Procedural decision following Preliminary Meeting

17 October 2018
  • Preliminary Meeting takes place
  • Examination begins
09 October 2018

The notification of Preliminary Meeting (Rule 6 letter) has been sent Read the letter

The letter also includes the draft Examination Timetable and Initial Assessment of Principal Issues.

10 September 2018
Relevant representations published on the website
13 August 2018
Registration of interested parties closes
05 August 2018
Registration of interested parties begins
28 June 2018
Read the letter

The application has been accepted for examination

15 June 2018
Decision on whether or not to accept the application for examination
15 June 2018

This application was received by the Planning Inspectorate on 21 May 2018.

The application documents will be made available if the application is accepted for examination.

It is for the applicant to decide whether or not application documents can be published upon submission (see MHCLG guidance on the pre-application process)

22 May 2018
Application received by the Planning Inspectorate
21 May 2018