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2-6 College Street Northampton NN1 2QP

2024/1021/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 July 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from Class-E (storage use from former restaurant/retail businesses) to Class B8 (self-storage units).

Received
19 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target30 Jul
  5. Decided29 Jul

Decided in 83 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2-6 College Street Northampton NN1 2QP. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 13 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the All Saints conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

89% of full 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 2QP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2024
Last date for comments
15 July 2024
Target decision date
30 July 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Dipesh Surti 5 Carlton Close Newport Pagnell Buckinghamshire MK16 9AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
84 days

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: All Saints
  • Brownfield land register: Northampton: 21 - 23 Drapery NN1 2ETRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    19 Feb

    Change of use from Class-E (storage use from former restaurant/retail businesses) to Class B8 (self-storage…

    This applicationApprovedFull2024/1021/FULL
  2. 2024
    19 Feb

    Listed building consent for change of use from Class-E (storage use from former restaurant/retail businesses)…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2024/1022/LBC

Source: West Northamptonshire

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