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Princess House, Cliftonville Road, Northampton, NN1 5AE

2025/1701/PAPrior ApprovalPermitted
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use from offices [use class E(g)(i)] to forty-two residential flats [use class C3] - Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the above Order.

Received
28 April 2025
Decided
20 June 2025 · Prior Approval Granted
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Delapre and Rushmere Unitary Ward
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.3 Jun
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 53 days (council typically 70)

10 weeks typical decision time in West Northamptonshire85% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application for a change of use at Princess House, Cliftonville Road, Northampton, NN1 5AE. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,502 applications of this type and approves 86% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 53 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,907 applications in total for the NN1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
2025/1701/PA
Address
Princess House, Cliftonville Road, Northampton, NN1 5AE
Postcode
NN1 5AE
Local Authority
West Northamptonshire
Application Type
Prior Approval
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
10 - Grant of Prior Approval
Ward
Delapre and Rushmere Unitary Ward
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Applicant Address
Mr James Yuill 7 Jubilee Close Long Buckby Northampton Northamptonshire NN6 6NP
Agent Address
Mr Sean Bennett 42 Headlands Kettering NN15 7HR

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
28 April 2025
Target Decision Date
22 June 2025
Date Decided
20 June 2025
Date Validated
28 April 2025
Date Submitted
28 April 2025
Last Date for Comments
3 June 2025

Planning Decision

Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decided By
Delegated
Statutory Period
55 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Documents
42
Coordinates
52.236350, -0.879092
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.

  • Brownfield land register: Northampton: Princess House, Cliftonville Road NN1 5AERegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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