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The Old Cross 15 Cross Lane Helmdon NN13 5QL

2025/5054/LBCListed Building Consent (Alteration)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 2 September 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

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 heritage application for an outbuilding at The Old Cross 15 Cross Lane Helmdon NN13 5QL. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,201 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.

88% of heritage 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
NN13 5QL
Application type
Listed Building Consent (Alteration)
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
21

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    17 Nov

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

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside2025/4928/FULL
  2. 2025
    17 Nov

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

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent2025/5054/LBC

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