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Swanspool Pavilion Swanspool Parade Wellingborough NN8 2BZ

NW/25/00084/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 May 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of the building (Community Use class (F2)) including the addition of an ancillary Cafe (A3 use) and Office E (g) (i) use). The formation of two inter-connected multi-function rooms with sliding folding acoustic wall. Removing the existing suspended ceilings and upgrading the internal and external lighting. Widening existing doorways with automatic opening doors to meet accessibility requirements and widening the doorway to the existing externally accessible disabled toilet. External service hatch direct to the cafe to allow take away service. A glazed partition between the cafe and hall space featuring an opaque glazed fritting pattern and be acoustically rated. Upgrading glazing to existing windows, adding secondary glazing and lamination. Insulation of the roof to improve the thermal performance. Upgrades to the flooring insulation and finishes.

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Council
Wellingborough
Ward
Croyland And Swanspool Ward
Agent
Akimbo Design Consultants
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Apr
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 104 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Swanspool Pavilion Swanspool Parade Wellingborough NN8 2BZ. Wellingborough has handled 750 applications of this type. This one was decided in 104 days, 7 weeks longer than Wellingborough's typical decision time. The site is in the Wellingborough conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 2BZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wellingborough CP

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025
Consultation expiry
20 April 2025
Consultation start
18 March 2025
Consultation end
11 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
12 April 2025
Last date for comments
20 April 2025
Target decision date
11 April 2025
Permission expires
29 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Akimbo Design Consultants
Agent address
2 Poplar Street Wellingborough Northamptonshire NN8 4PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 March 2025
Advertisement expiry
20 April 2025
Site notice start
18 March 2025
Site notice end
11 April 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13778327
Documents
33
Constraints
1

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 and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    14 Feb

    Change of Use of the building (Community Use class (F2)) including the addition of an ancillary Cafe (A3 use)…

    This applicationApprovedFullNW/25/00084/FUL
  2. 2025
    14 Feb

    Listed Building Consent for Change of Use of the building (Community Use class (F2)) including the addition…

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongsideNW/25/00085/LBC

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