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The Shieling 21 Manor Road Grimscote NN12 8LN

2026/1194/LBCListed Building Consent (Alteration)Refused
Listed building consent

Refused on 26 October 2026

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

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

Proposal

Listed building consent to replace existing single glazed windows with vacuum glazed units accoya wooden windows painted white

Received
9 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Rural South Ward
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 215 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at The Shieling 21 Manor Road Grimscote NN12 8LN. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,201 applications of this type. This one was decided in 231 days, 23 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 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 replacement windows, by virtue of their design, detailing and use of vacuum glazing, would fail to adequately replicate the traditional appearance and joinery details of the existing timber windows, including structural glazing bars, which make a positive contribution to the significance of the listed building. As such, the proposal would result in harm to the significance of the designated heritage asset and would fail to preserve its special architectural and historic interest. The identified harm is not outweighed by any public benefits. The proposal therefore fails to accord with Policies HE1, HE5 of the adopted Local Plan, policies BN5 of the JCS and/or the following material considerations: paras HE5, HE6 of the NPPF. Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 and Policy DM3 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 8LN
Application type
Listed Building Consent (Alteration)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Cold Higham

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 April 2026
Target decision date
20 May 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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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