5, Austin Close, Rugby, CV21 1FU
Refused on 12 March 2026
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from C3 dwelling house to C4 HMO
- Received
- 29 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Rugby Borough Council
- Ward
- Newbold & Brownsover
- ReceivedReceived29 Dec
- ValidatedValidated8 Jan
- Consult.Consultation24 Feb
- TargetTarget Date5 Mar
- DecidedDecided12 Mar
Decided in 63 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 5, AUSTIN CLOSE, RUGBY, CV21 1FU. Rugby has handled 2,733 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 10 days longer than Rugby's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 26 applications across Newbold & Brownsover. We hold 554 applications in total for the CV21 postcode area.
93% of outline applications at Rugby Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- CV21 1FU
- Application type
- 8 Weeks PA
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Unparished
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 24 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 24 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 March 2026
- Application expires
- 2 March 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- First advertised
- 12 January 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14589198
- UPRN
- 10010521425
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: conservation areas and 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, 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.
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