Old Rectory Elwes Way Northampton NN3 9EA
Approved on 30 April 2026
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Conversion of detached garage into home study and replacement of roof.
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Billing Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation31 Mar
- TargetTarget Date13 Apr
- DecidedDecided30 Apr
Decided in 97 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at Old Rectory Elwes Way Northampton NN3 9EA. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 4 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Billing conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Billing Ward. 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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Application details
- Postcode
- NN3 9EA
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Billing Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 31 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 13 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Brian Hawkins 29 Coronation Avenue Huntingdon PE29 1UA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 80 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Great Billing
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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.
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Associated applications
- 202623 Jan
Conversion of detached garage into home study and replacement of roof.
This applicationApprovedFull2026/0376/FULL - 202623 Jan
Conversion of detached garage to home study space and replacement of roof.
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2026/0377/LBC
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202424 Jun
Removal of 1 x Cedar of Lebanon (TPO 201–G2)
ApprovedWorks to Trees (Preservation Order)2024/3100/TPO - 202424 Jun
Removal of 1 x Sycamore
ApprovedWorks to Trees (Conservation Area)2024/3081/TCA - 202429 Apr
Reduction of Yew, Conifer and Sycamore - TPO 201-G2
ApprovedWorks to Trees (Preservation Order)2024/2235/TPO - 202429 Apr
Removal of Conifers
ApprovedWorks to Trees (Conservation Area)2024/2232/TCA
Source: West Northamptonshire
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