156 Towcester Road Northampton NN4 8LW

2024/2303/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 23 August 2024

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Create a new vehicle access/drop kerb in line with Northamptonshire Highways policy ie 5.4 Metres in length total.

Received: 19 April 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Northamptonshire Council
Ward: Delapre and Rushmere Unitary Ward

ReceivedReceived19 Apr
ValidatedValidated19 Apr
Consult.Consultation5 Jun
TargetTarget Date14 Jun
DecidedDecided23 Aug

Decided in 126 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 156 Towcester Road Northampton NN4 8LW. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 8 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,608 applications in total for the NN4 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: NN4 8LW
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Far Cotton and Delapre Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 April 2024
Last date for comments: 5 June 2024
Target decision date: 14 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr John James 3 Blisworth Road Northampton NN7 3EY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 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.

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.

Source: West Northamptonshire

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