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Bishops House Marriott Street Northampton NN2 6AW

2024/4676/LDELawful Development Certificate (Existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 25 March 2025

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate for existing use of an office (The Marion Suite) formally used as a Scout Hut.

Received
4 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St. George Unitary Ward
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.7 Mar
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 162 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Bishops House Marriott Street Northampton NN2 6AW. West Northamptonshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 172 days, 15 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Barrack Road conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 707 applications in total for the NN2 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
NN2 6AW
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2024
Last date for comments
7 March 2025
Target decision date
9 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Bishops House Marriott St Northampton NN2 6AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal date
26 March 2025

Additional information

Documents
7

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: Barrack Road
  • 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.

Source: West Northamptonshire

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