18 Oakleigh Drive Northampton NN5 6RP

2025/5283/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 20 February 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage and construction of single storey rear extension

Received: 12 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: West Northamptonshire Council
Ward: Duston Ward

ReceivedReceived12 Dec
ValidatedValidated22 Dec
Consult.Consultation3 Feb
TargetTarget Date27 Feb
DecidedDecided20 Feb

Decided in 60 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 18 Oakleigh Drive Northampton NN5 6RP. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 48 applications across Duston Ward. We hold 788 applications in total for the NN5 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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Application details

Postcode: NN5 6RP
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Duston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 December 2025
Last date for comments: 3 February 2026
Target decision date: 27 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Mr Chris Piggott 13 St. Brides Close Milton Keynes MK6 3EY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 67 days

Additional information

Documents: 12

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.

Source: West Northamptonshire

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