Skip to content

90 Harcourt Way Northampton NN4 8JS

2026/0091/LDELawful Development Certificate (Existing)Refused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 11 March 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for existing development for 6ft fence erected to front of property and repositioning of driveway.

Received
19 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Far Cotton, Delapre and Briar Hill Ward
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 79 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 90 Harcourt Way Northampton NN4 8JS. West Northamptonshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 12 days longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Far Cotton, Delapre and Briar Hill Ward. We hold 1,608 applications in total for the NN4 postcode area.

91% of amendment applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
NN4 8JS
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2025
Last date for comments
24 February 2026
Target decision date
16 February 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
James Luntz
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
9

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near NN4

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address