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The Lodge Cottage, Castle Ashby Road, Whiston, NN7 1NN

2025/0837/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 25 February 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Single storey and two storey rear extensions to the existing dwelling

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hackleton and Grange Park
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Apr
  4. Target12 Sep
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 376 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at The Lodge Cottage, Castle Ashby Road, Whiston, NN7 1NN. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 376 days, 44 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,911 applications in total for the NN7 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, by reason of its scale, massing and design, would result in an unacceptable form of development, which would unsympathetically alter the existing dwelling. The resulting impact would give rise to an unacceptable degree of harm to the character of the existing dwelling and character of the surrounding area, including the Special Landscape Area. As such, the proposal is contrary to Polices SS2, SDP1 and NE2 of the South Northamptonshire Local Plan (Part 2), Chapter 4 of the South Northamptonshire Design Guide and Paragraph 135 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NN7 1NN
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Cogenhoe & Whiston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2025
Last date for comments
7 April 2025
Target decision date
12 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ms Linzi Melrose Thistledown Barn Holcot Lane Sywell Northampton NN6 0BG

Planning decision

Statutory period
210 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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.

© 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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