Merton Guest House 109 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU
Approved on 21 June 2024
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing) for the existing use as an HMO for 6 unrelated persons.
- Received
- 20 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Castle Ward
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation6 May
- TargetTarget Date12 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jun
Decided in 93 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Merton Guest House 109 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU. West Northamptonshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 3 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Boot and Shoe Quarter conservation area. 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.
91% of amendment 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 3PU
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate (Existing)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Northampton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2024
- Last date for comments
- 6 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 12 July 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr John Asiamah 443 Streatham High Road London SW16 3PH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 114 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Boot and Shoe Quarter
- 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 (21)
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, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20245 Nov
House of multiple occupation - Increase in the number of occupants from 8 to 10
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2024/5179/FULL - 202428 Oct
Variation of condition 2 (number of occupiers) of 2024/3569/FULL
WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)2024/5080/S73 - 202418 Jul
Change of use from a 6 person HMO (Use Class C4) to an 8 person HMO (Use Class SG)
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2024/3569/FULL
Source: West Northamptonshire
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