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The Leys 63 Booth Rise Northampton NN3 6HP

2025/5109/FULLFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 11 May 2026

Council decision: Appeal Dismissed (Against Refusal)Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Proposed Change of Use of Class C2 Residential Care Home to a large (Sui-Generis) House in Multiple Occupation (retrospective) for maximum of 32 persons

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Parklands
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.10 Feb
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 161 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Leys 63 Booth Rise Northampton NN3 6HP. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 13 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 21 applications across Parklands. We hold 1,870 applications in total for the NN3 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 development (as a 32 person HMO) would result in a significant intensification of the use of the property compared to its lawful use as a C2 care home which would have an adverse impact on the living conditions the occupiers of the nearby properties might reasonably expect to enjoy by reason of increased comings and goings of occupants living independently in the property which would be at odds with the prevailing quiet residential character of the area. Furthermore , the Council considers that the site lacks sufficient amenity space on site to serve occupants of the property and the proposal therefore, would be contrary to the aims of Policies H5 of the West Northamptonshire Joint Core Strategy (2014) and Policy Q2 of the Northampton Local Plan Part 2 (adopted 2023) as well as the WNC Houses in Multiple Occupation SPD (2019) and the National Planning Policy Framework ( December 2024) which collectively seek to ensure that proposals for houses in multiple occupation do not adversely affect the character and amenity of existing residential areas whilst also seeking to provide adequate levels of amenity for the occupants of HMOs 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
NN3 6HP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Last date for comments
10 February 2026
Target decision date
31 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Roy Hammond 6 Badby Road Daventry Northamptonshire NN11 4AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
120 days

Appeal history

6011524
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 September 2026Dev Type: Change of useReason: refused

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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