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Merton Guest House 109 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU

2024/3569/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 October 2024

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from a 6 person HMO (Use Class C4) to an 8 person HMO (Use Class SG)

Received
18 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Sep
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 77 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Merton Guest House 109 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 7 days 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.

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 3PU
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2024
Last date for comments
26 September 2024
Target decision date
4 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr John Asiamah 443 Streatham High Road London SW16 3PH

Planning decision

Statutory period
78 days

Additional information

Documents
28

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: 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.

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
    28 Oct

    Variation of condition 2 (number of occupiers) of 2024/3569/FULL

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)2024/5080/S73
  2. 2024
    18 Jul

    Change of use from a 6 person HMO (Use Class C4) to an 8 person HMO (Use Class SG)

    This applicationApprovedFull2024/3569/FULL

Source: West Northamptonshire

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