Bloomsbury House 27 Guildhall Road Northampton
Approved on 25 June 2024
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Listed building consent to remove the existing timber rotunda doorset and replace with an aluminium secure by design doorset with a wood effect powder coating and recycling the existing door furniture. Making use of the existing, recently refurbished access control system.
- Received
- 13 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Castle Ward
- ReceivedReceived13 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Feb
- Consult.Consultation23 May
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided25 Jun
Decided in 125 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Bloomsbury House 27 Guildhall Road Northampton. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,201 applications of this type. This one was decided in 225 days, 22 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Derngate conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Castle Ward. We hold 1,931 applications in total for the NN1 postcode area.
88% of heritage applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- NN1 1AG
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent (Alteration)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Northampton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 February 2024
- Last date for comments
- 23 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Kyle Foulds Waterfront House Technology Drive Beeston NG7 3NN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 126 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Derngate
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202523 Dec
Application for Listed Building Consent for investigative works to assess the condition of Bloomsbury House…
ApprovedListed building consent2026/0136/LBC - 202523 Dec
Lawful development certificate for building investigation works.
ApprovedOutline2026/0140/LDP - 20246 Sep
Discharge of Condition 3 (Detailed Drawings for doors and furniture) on Planning Permission 2024/1093/FULL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2024/4232/COND - 202421 Feb
Replacement of the Rotunda Doors to the North Western communal entrance with a wood effect powder coated…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2024/1093/FULL
Source: West Northamptonshire
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