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Land South East Of, Leicester Lane, Eydon

2025/1309/PAPrior ApprovalRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 16 May 2025

Council decision: Refusal of Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Class Q of Part 3 of the above Order) for the change of use of an existing agricultural building to a dwelling house (Use Class C3) with associated building operations in respect of: the transport and highways impact of the development; noise impacts of the development, contamination risks on the site; flooding risks on the site; whether the siting and location of the buildings makes it impractical or undesirable to change the use; and the design and external appearance of the building.

Received
1 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.4 May
  4. Target26 May
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 45 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land South East Of, Leicester Lane, Eydon. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Eydon conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 223 applications across Rural South Ward.

84% of outline 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

Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Moreton Pinkney

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2025
Last date for comments
4 May 2025
Target decision date
26 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Nick Denman 28 Ashby Road Towcester NN12 6PG

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Eydon
  • 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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