Woolpack Farm Ashley Road Middleton LE16 8YP
Proposal
Change of use from agricultural/equestrian stable to B2 (light industrial) for small-scale speciality coffee roasting, with ancillary office use
- Received
- 30 September 2025
- Decided
- 13 February 2026 · Application Permitted/Approved
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 8
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Ward
- Desborough
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- ReceivedSubmitted30 Sep
- ValidatedValidated24 Nov
- Consult.Consultation28 Jan
- TargetTarget Date13 Feb
- DecidedDecided13 Feb
Decided in 81 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Woolpack Farm Ashley Road Middleton LE16 8YP. North Northamptonshire has handled 222 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 89 days. This one was decided in 136 days, 7 weeks longer than North Northamptonshire's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Desborough. We hold 3,390 applications in total for the LE16 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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- Conservation area: Cottingham and MiddletonPart of the site · +1 more
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