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2 - 26 Rixon Road Wellingborough NN8 4BB

NW/23/00425/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 November 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Recladding of the existing workshops building B, C and H and existing office building G and E. Internal refurbishment of Main Office (building G) and addition of 2 modular units. Addition of a new canopy to the existing open walkway between building G and H. Refurbishment of vacant building E to create new offices. Formulation of a new car park adjacent to the workshop buildings C and A including associated drainage and external works. Resurfacing of the existing road and addition of pedestrian walkway connecting main office and the carpark. Installation of photovoltaic panels to the roof of building H.

Received
11 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
8
Council
Wellingborough
Ward
Finedon Ward
  1. Received11 Jul
  2. Validated11 Jul
  3. Consult.2 Nov
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided3 Nov

Decided in 115 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 2 - 26 Rixon Road Wellingborough NN8 4BB. Wellingborough has handled 750 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 8 weeks longer than Wellingborough's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 332 applications in total for the NN8 postcode area.

94% of full applications at Wellingborough were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
NN8 4BB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wellingborough CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 July 2023
Consultation expiry
2 November 2023
Consultation start
9 October 2023
Consultation end
2 November 2023
Neighbour consultation start
13 July 2023
Neighbour consultation end
7 August 2023
Last date for comments
2 November 2023
Target decision date
5 September 2023
Committee meeting
22 November 2023
Permission expires
3 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Austin-Smith:Lord
Architect profile
AUSTIN-SMITH:LORD LIMITED
Agent address
25 Bothwell Street Glasgow G2 6NL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
20 July 2023
Site notice end
16 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12267282
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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

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© 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.

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