Kettering Library Sheep Street Kettering NN16 0AY
Approved on 7 November 2025
Council decision: Application Permitted/ApprovedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Variation of conditions of NK/2024/0377 in respect of addition of 2 no. conditions
- Received
- 18 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Ward
- Kettering Central
- Agent
- Oliver Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Sep
- ValidatedValidated22 Sep
- Consult.Consultation3 Nov
- TargetTarget Date17 Nov
- DecidedDecided7 Nov
Decided in 46 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Kettering Library Sheep Street Kettering NN16 0AY. North Northamptonshire has handled 36 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than North Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Kettering Town Centre conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Kettering Central. We hold 283 applications in total for the NN16 postcode area.
81% of heritage applications at North Northamptonshire were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NN16 0AY
- Application type
- Variation of Listed Building Cond (s19)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 3 November 2025
- Consultation start
- 10 October 2025
- Consultation end
- 3 November 2025
- Last date for comments
- 3 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 November 2025
- Permission expires
- 7 November 2030
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Oliver Architecture Ltd
- Architect profile
- OLIVER ARCHITECTURE LTD
- Agent address
- The Coffin Works 13-15 Fleet Street Birmingham B3 1JP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 2 October 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 26 October 2025
- Site notice start
- 23 September 2025
- Site notice end
- 17 October 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 23
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Kettering Town Centre
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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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Associated applications
- 20266 Jan
Variation of additional condition 2 as per 25/01247/VLB
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/00143/VLB - 202518 Sep
Variation of conditions of NK/2024/0377
This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/01247/VLB
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Northamptonshire
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