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1 County Chambers Drapery Northampton NN1 2ET

2025/3807/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 February 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Changes to shopfront to incorporate new service door/fire escape (retrospective).

Received
19 August 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received19 Aug
  2. Validated19 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Jan
  4. Target11 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 176 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1 County Chambers Drapery Northampton NN1 2ET. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 176 days, 15 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the All Saints conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Castle Ward. We hold 1,931 applications in total for the NN1 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
NN1 2ET
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 August 2025
Last date for comments
19 January 2026
Target decision date
11 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Rebecca Morgan Holboro House 40 Chapel Lane Hadleigh SS7 2PP

Planning decision

Statutory period
176 days

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: All Saints
  • Listed building: Grade II: 6 and 7, the DraperyOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Northampton: 15 - 17 Drapery NN1 2ETRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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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