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Van Monster Westgate Road Northampton

2025/5092/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 February 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from van forecourt (sui generis) to a 24h self-service car wash facility (sui generis) with 6 x wash bays and 4 x vacuum stations powered by solar PV panels.

Received
28 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Dallington Spencer Ward
  1. Received28 Nov
  2. Validated28 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Jan
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided12 Feb

Decided in 76 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Van Monster Westgate Road Northampton. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 6 days longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 68 applications across Dallington Spencer Ward.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 November 2025
Last date for comments
9 January 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr John Kirkup Marvan Court 1 Waldegrave Road Teddington TW118LZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
80 days

Additional information

Documents
16

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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