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399 Wellingborough Road, Northampton, NN1 4EY

2025/0181/FULLFull Planning PermissionPermitted
Full

Proposal

Change of use from Guesthouse [Use Class C1] to House in Multiple Occupation [sui generis] for 9 occupants

Received
13 January 2025
Decided
4 April 2025 · Approval
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Abington and Phippsville Unitary Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided4 Apr

Decided in 81 days (council typically 70)

10 weeks typical decision time in West Northamptonshire89% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 399 Wellingborough Road, Northampton, NN1 4EY. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,972 applications of this type and approves 88% of them, typically deciding them in 63 days. This one was decided in 81 days, 3 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's median. The site is in the Abington Park conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,907 applications in total for the NN1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2025/0181/FULL
Address
399 Wellingborough Road, Northampton, NN1 4EY
Postcode
NN1 4EY
Local Authority
West Northamptonshire
Application Type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / Size
Medium
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
10 - Approved
Ward
Abington and Phippsville Unitary Ward
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Salim Lalani 7G Mobbs Miller House Christchurch Road Harborough Road Northampton NN1 5LL
Agent Address
Nigel Ozier The Granary Spring Hill Office Park Harborough Road Pitsford NN6 9AA

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
13 January 2025
Target Decision Date
15 April 2025
Date Decided
4 April 2025
Date Validated
13 January 2025
Date Submitted
13 January 2025
Last Date for Comments
26 March 2025
Committee Meeting
2 April 2025

Planning Decision

Decision
Approval
Decided By
Committee
Statutory Period
92 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
35
Coordinates
52.246555, -0.869959
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Northamptonshire

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Planning constraints

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

  • Conservation area: Abington Park
  • 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 2026-10-09. 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.

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