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The Blades, Helmdon Road, Sulgrave, OX17 2SQ

2025/2695/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

2 storey front, side and rear extension. New second floor and roof alterations. New windows and doors. Chimney reduction.

Received
24 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 206 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at The Blades, Helmdon Road, Sulgrave, OX17 2SQ. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 206 days, 19 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sulgrave conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 223 applications across Rural South Ward. We hold 2,187 applications in total for the OX17 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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Application details

Postcode
OX17 2SQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Sulgrave

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2025
Last date for comments
9 December 2025
Target decision date
16 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Richard Walker Sugarford House 46 South Bar Street Banbury OX16 9AB

Planning decision

Statutory period
206 days

Additional information

Documents
23

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: Sulgrave
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    30 Jun

    Variation of Condition 2 2nd floor front extension and Two storey side extension removed. Second floor loft…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)2026/2790/S73
  2. 2025
    24 Jun

    2 storey front, side and rear extension. New second floor and roof alterations. New windows and doors…

    This applicationApprovedFull2025/2695/FULL

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