Guidance

Special Development Order: Northwood Headquarters, Sandy Lane, Northwood, Middlesex, HA6 3HP

The map, copies of notices, approved documents, and statements identifying documents not published for reasons of safety or security or national interest.

Applies to England

The Special Development Order was laid in Parliament on 15 January 2025 and will come into force on 5 February 2025.

The Town and Country Planning (Northwood Headquarters) Special Development Order 2025

An Explanatory Memorandum accompanies the Special Development Order. This provides an explanation of the effect of the legislation and why it is necessary.

The Special Development Order grants planning permission for the carrying out of certain classes of development at Northwood Headquarters, for the purpose of national defence, by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for Defence.

Further documents will be made available in due course.

Documents and notices

The map

A map showing the land at Northwood Headquarters that the Special Development Order applies to, shown bounded externally by the outer edge of a bold red line.

Northwood HQ Estate Development: the map

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Published 16 January 2025

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