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25 - 27 Princes Street Kettering NN16 8RW

26/02079/3MACOUPart 3, Class MA Change of UseRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 29 September 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Not Granted

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

Proposal

Prior approval for change of use from commercial (Class E) to 2no. 1 bed 1 person flats (Class C3) with refuse storage and cycle storage.

Received
25 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 4 October 2026
Council
North Northamptonshire
Ward
Kettering Central
  1. Received25 Jul
  2. Validated25 Jul
  3. Consult.19 Aug
  4. Target28 Sep
  5. Decided29 Sep

Decided in 66 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 25 - 27 Princes Street Kettering NN16 8RW. North Northamptonshire has handled 57 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 10 days longer than North Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

86% of amendment 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 8RW
Application type
Part 3, Class MA Change of Use
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 July 2026
Consultation end
19 August 2026
Target decision date
28 September 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Colin Smith
Agent address
Down Ampney Well Hill Yaxham Dereham NR19 1RX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-15107461
Documents
19
Constraints
12

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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Northamptonshire

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