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2 High Street Blakesley NN12 8RE

2026/1021/LDLBLawful Development Certificate (Listed Building)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 2 June 2026

Council decision: RefusalDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Lawful development certificate (proposed works to a listed building) for insertion of fire-rated plasterboard ceiling into attached outbuilding, replace external doors and install lime based levelling screed on existing limecrete floor

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated9 Mar
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 85 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at 2 High Street Blakesley NN12 8RE. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,201 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 2 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Blakesley conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 223 applications across Rural South Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the NN12 postcode area.

88% of heritage applications at West Northamptonshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Why it was refused

  1. . The proposed works have the potential to alter the character of the listed building, through the removal of historic fabric including the doors and the proposed modern interventions to reconfigure the internal layout. Listed building consent is required and therefore, a lawful development certificate (proposed works to a listed building) cannot be granted. Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 and paragraph 39 of the National Planning Policy Framework In accordance with the above, WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNCIL has worked with the applicant in a

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
NN12 8RE
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate (Listed Building)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Blakesley

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 March 2026
Last date for comments
27 May 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Scott Enders Colchester Business Centre 1 George Williams Way Colchester CO1 2JS

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Blakesley
  • Listed building: Grade II: 5, High StreetOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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