Skip to content

Brockhill Lodge Long Buckby Road Watford NN6 7XU

2024/0219/PAPrior ApprovalWithdrawn
Outline / PiP

Withdrawn on 4 April 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Class Q of Part 3 of the above Order) for the change of use of an agricultural building to a dwelling house (Use Class C3): Conversion of two barns (currently used for storage) to residential use in respect of: the transport and highways impact of the development; noise impacts of the development; contamination risks on the site; flooding risks on the site; whether the siting and location of the buildings makes it impractical or undesirable to change the use; and the design and external appearance of the building.

Received
15 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Long Buckby
  1. Received15 Nov
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 10 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Brockhill Lodge Long Buckby Road Watford NN6 7XU. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 141 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 77 applications across Long Buckby. We hold 2,158 applications in total for the NN6 postcode area.

84% of outline applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
NN6 7XU
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Watford

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2024
Target decision date
19 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Shire House Pyramid Close Northampton NN38PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
6

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 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

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: West Northamptonshire

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near NN6

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address