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United Reformed Church Sunday School Building Fox Street Rothwell NN14 6AN

25/01911/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 18 June 2026

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Proposed Change of Use From Former Church School Hall (Use Class F1) to Commercial, Business and Service Use (Use Class E)

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Council
North Northamptonshire
Ward
Rothwell & Mawsley
Agent
Amico Design Limited
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Jun
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jun

Decided in 150 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at United Reformed Church Sunday School Building Fox Street Rothwell NN14 6AN. North Northamptonshire has handled 36 applications of this type. This one was decided in 198 days, 20 weeks longer than North Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Rothwell & Mawsley. We hold 1,846 applications in total for the NN14 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application has failed to provide adequate information to allow an assessment of the impact of the proposals on the curtilage listed building and the wider Grade II* listed site contrary to policy 2 of the North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (2016) and paragraphs 207, 208, 210, 212, 213, and 215 of National Planning Policy Framework (2025). The proposals fail the statutory test of Section 66(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NN14 6AN
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Rothwell CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2026
Consultation expiry
17 June 2026
Consultation start
27 May 2026
Consultation end
17 June 2026
Last date for comments
17 June 2026
Target decision date
3 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Amico Design Limited
Architect profile
AMICO DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
Building 3 Grange Park Court Northampton NN4 5EA

Planning decision

Statutory period
165 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 February 2026
Advertisement expiry
26 February 2026
Site notice start
27 May 2026
Site notice end
17 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14532946
Documents
12
Constraints
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    2 Dec

    Proposed Change of Use From Former Church School Hall (Use Class F1) to Commercial, Business and Service Use…

    PendingFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside25/01910/FUL
  2. 2025
    2 Dec

    Proposed Change of Use From Former Church School Hall (Use Class F1) to Commercial, Business and Service Use…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent25/01911/LBC

Source: North Northamptonshire

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