70 Lower Thrift Street Northampton NN1 5HP
Proposal
Change of use of the ground floor to a Class E newsagent, together with the change of use of the existing first floor to form two self-contained one-bedroom residential flats (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 24 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 30 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Castle Ward
- ReceivedSubmitted24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated24 Dec
- Consult.Consultation16 Mar
- TargetTarget Date30 Mar
- DecidedDecided
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 70 Lower Thrift Street Northampton NN1 5HP. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,972 applications of this type and approves 88% of them, typically deciding them in 63 days. It was submitted on 24 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 132 applications across Castle Ward. We hold 1,907 applications in total for the NN1 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
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- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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.
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