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The Old Cross 15 Cross Lane Helmdon NN13 5QL

2025/4928/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 September 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Subdivision of 1no. dwelling and associated annexe into 2no. separate dwellings. Install 1no. air-source heat pump to 1 dwelling to replace existing oil boiler and tank system. Associated hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments.

Received
17 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Jan
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 272 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Old Cross 15 Cross Lane Helmdon NN13 5QL. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 289 days, 31 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 223 applications across Rural South Ward. We hold 472 applications in total for the NN13 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

  1. . The proposed subdivision of the existing dwelling and associated annexe into two separate residential units would result in an unacceptable intensification of the use of the site. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the parking and manoeuvring requirements arising from two independent dwellings can be satisfactorily accommodated within the site, with the submitted vehicle tracking information highlighting the physical constraints of the plot and demonstrating that a satisfactory arrangement cannot be achieved. The proposal would therefore result in a cramped and unsatisfactory form of development that would adversely affect neighbouring amenity and exceed the site's capacity for further development, contrary to Policies SS2 and LH1 of the South Northamptonshire Local Plan Part 2 and Policy H1 of the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy. 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
NN13 5QL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Helmdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2025
Last date for comments
11 January 2026
Target decision date
29 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Charlie Wootton Bricknells Barn 32 Lime Avenue Eydon Daventry NN11 3PG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, conservation 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.

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    17 Nov

    Subdivision of 1no. dwelling and associated annexe into 2no. separate dwellings. Install 1no. air-source heat…

    This applicationRefusedFull2025/4928/FULL
  2. 2025
    17 Nov

    Subdivision of 1no. dwelling and associated annexe into 2no. separate dwellings. Install 1no. air-source heat…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2025/5054/LBC

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