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Blakesley Endowed C Of E Primary School The Green Blakesley NN12 8RD

2025/1581/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 13 February 2026

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

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

Proposal

Replacement of windows to match existing aesthetic

Received
1 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Silverstone
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 302 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Blakesley Endowed C Of E Primary School The Green Blakesley NN12 8RD. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 318 days, 35 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Blakesley conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the NN12 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 replacement windows on the front elevation and partial side elevation, which proposes timber windows would result in less than substantial harm caused to the significance of the Blakesley Conservation Area and the non-designated heritage asset, the Blakesley Endowed Church of England Primary School. The less than substantial harm cause is not outweighed by the public benefits arising from the proposal. Therefore, the proposal fails to accord with Policy BN5 of the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy, Policies HE1, HE6 and HE7 of the South Northamptonshire Local Plan Part 2 and Paragraph 215 of the NPPF. Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 and paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework In accordance with the above, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL has worked with the applicant in a

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NN12 8RD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blakesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2025
Last date for comments
13 June 2025
Target decision date
12 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Emma Hyett The Old Barn Unit 10 Narborough Wood Park Desford Road Enderby LE19 4XT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
12

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: Blakesley
  • 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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