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158 The Headlands, Northampton NN3 2NY

2025/3988/LDPLawful Development Certificate (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed use of a (C3) dwelling as a children's home for up to two children (C2).

Received
3 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Headlands Ward
  1. Received3 Sep
  2. Validated3 Sep
  3. Consult.31 Oct
  4. Target24 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 110 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application at 158 The Headlands, Northampton NN3 2NY. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 110 days, 6 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Headlands Ward. We hold 1,870 applications in total for the NN3 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
NN3 2NY
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed)
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 September 2025
Last date for comments
31 October 2025
Target decision date
24 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Adrian Rose 16 Rhodesia Avenue Halifax HX30PB

Planning decision

Statutory period
112 days

Additional information

Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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