Two housing developments which were blocked by councillors will go ahead after the national planning inspector overturned their decisions.
Members of Daventry District Council refused permission for 32 houses to be built in a field in Moulton and a further 132 on land in Long Buckby.
But after the developers behind the two schemes appealed against the council’s decisions, permission has been given for both developments to go ahead.
On the Moulton scheme, the planning inspector said proposals to build homes on land close to Boughton Road would not damage the area, as some residents had feared.
He said: “While the proposal would change the character and appearance of the present open site, this change would be limited and contained and would be unlikely to harm the appearance of the area.”
The development will see a new road built off Boughton Road, leading into a cul-de-sac of new detached, semi-detached and terraced houses.
The planning inspector also said while the development of 132 houses to the west of Station Road in Long Buckby would cause “some harm” to the area it should be allowed because it would be a sustainable development which would help boost the number of available houses in the area.
The development will also include a new employment area and land will be set aside for an extension to the car park at Long Buckby Station.