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37 Castle Avenue Northampton NN5 6LG

2026/0531/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 June 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)11 conditions

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

Proposal

New single storey dwelling with off road parking

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Duston Ward
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided9 Jun

Decided in 130 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 37 Castle Avenue Northampton NN5 6LG. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 9 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 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 6LG
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Duston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Last date for comments
7 May 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Miss Steph Small 45 Broadway Northampton Northamptonshire NN1 4SG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
29

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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