40 Market Street Wellingborough NN8 1AA
Proposal
1 x Illuminated Fascia sign; 1 x Doubled Sided Illuminated Projecting sign and 3 x Digitally mounted displays.
- Received
- 11 August 2026
- Decided
- 29 September 2026 · Refused
- Public comments
- 7 · last counted 3 October 2026
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- ReceivedSubmitted11 Aug
- ValidatedValidated11 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided29 Sep
Decided in 49 days
This is a planning application for signage at 40 Market Street Wellingborough NN8 1AA. North Northamptonshire has handled 1,764 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 56 days. This one was decided in 49 days, 7 days quicker than North Northamptonshire's median. The site is in the Wellingborough conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 307 applications in total for the NN8 postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Why it was refused
- The proposed advertisements, by reason of their scale, prominence, cumulative 26/02141/ADV extent, level of illumination and the introduction of three digital display screens, would form an unduly dominant and visually intrusive form of advertising that would fail to respect the character of the host building or its town centre surroundings. The proposal would result in harm to the visual amenity of the locality and would fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Wellingborough Town Centre Conservation Area. The proposal is therefore contrary to Regulation 3 of the Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007, Policy 8 of the North Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy, Policies TC4 and TC5 of the Plan for the Borough of Wellingborough - Adopted, the design principles and objectives of the Shop Front and Advertisement Design Guide SPD, and Policies DP3 and HE9 of the NPPF (2026).
From the council's decision notice.
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: North Northamptonshire
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Associated applications
- 202611 Aug
1 x Illuminated Fascia sign; 1 x Doubled Sided Illuminated Projecting sign and 3 x Digitally mounted displays.
This applicationRefusedAdvertisement consent26/02141/ADV - 20266 Aug
Change of use of ground floor from bank to adult gaming centre (sui generis)
PendingApplicationFiled alongside26/02142/FUL
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Wellingborough
- 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 (19)
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