18a and 20 Park Avenue, Kettering, NN16 9RU

NK/2024/0424Full ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 24 October 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from residential (C3) at 20 Park Avenue to nursery (E) to operate as a single childrens' nursery with the existing use at 18a Park Avenue, Kettering

Received: 12 July 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Kettering

ReceivedReceived12 Jul
ValidatedValidated12 Jul
Consult.Consultation14 Oct
TargetTarget Date25 Oct
DecidedDecided24 Oct

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 18a and 20 Park Avenue, Kettering, NN16 9RU. Kettering has handled 873 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Kettering's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 283 applications in total for the NN16 postcode area.

90% of full applications at Kettering were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: NN16 9RU
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 July 2024
Consultation expiry: 14 October 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 30 September 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 14 October 2024
Target decision date: 25 October 2024
Application expires: 6 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period: 105 days

Additional information

Documents: 22

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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