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74 Balmoral Road Northampton NN2 6JZ

2025/3499/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 14 April 2026

Planning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from dwellinghouse to HMO for 5 persons, and construction of single storey, ground floor rear extension with pitched roof.

Received
4 August 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kingsthorpe South Ward
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.14 Oct
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 253 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 74 Balmoral Road Northampton NN2 6JZ. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 253 days, 26 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 21 applications across Kingsthorpe South Ward. We hold 707 applications in total for the NN2 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
NN2 6JZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2025
Last date for comments
14 October 2025
Target decision date
29 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal date
14 November 2025
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
14 April 2026

Appeal history

3375912
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 April 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: Failure

Additional information

Documents
20

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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