Hollies Gate, 18 Church Street, Boughton, NN2 8SF
Refused on 18 June 2026
Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Proposed replacement windows to front and side elevation
- Received
- 16 October 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Moulton Ward
- ReceivedReceived16 Oct
- ValidatedValidated16 Oct
- Consult.Consultation11 Dec
- TargetTarget Date11 Dec
- DecidedDecided18 Jun
Decided in 245 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for window replacement at Hollies Gate, 18 Church Street, Boughton, NN2 8SF. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 245 days, 25 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Boughton conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Moulton 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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Why it was refused
- The proposed replacement of the ground floor windows, by reason of their proposed material, style and design, would cause less than substantial harm to the setting and character of the Conservation Area and its significance as a designated heritage asset and it is concluded that this identified level of harm is not outweighed by any public benefit. The proposal is therefore contrary to policy BN5 of the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (Part 1), policies ENV7 and ENV10 of the Daventry District Settlements and Countryside Local Plan (Part 2), paragraph 216 of the National Planning Policy Framework and section 8.4 of the Boughton Conservation Area Appraisal Management Plan. Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 and paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework In accordance with the above, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL has worked with the applicant in a
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- NN2 8SF
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Boughton
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 11 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 December 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Craig Rowell 1 Heathfield Way Northampton NN5 7QP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Boughton
- 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 (20)
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, 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.
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© 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.
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Source: West Northamptonshire
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