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2 Mercers Row Northampton NN1 2QL

2026/1520/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 November 2026

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installing of kitchen extractor system inside the shop with a discharge flue brick covered duct at the rear of the building. Changes to entrance door and associated internal changes for the new restaurant

Received
24 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target12 Jun
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 206 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 2 Mercers Row Northampton NN1 2QL. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 230 days, 23 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the All Saints conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 140 applications across Castle Ward. We hold 1,931 applications in total for the NN1 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
NN1 2QL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2026
Last date for comments
22 May 2026
Target decision date
12 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
24 Lindsey Road Luton Bedfordshire LU2 9SR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: All Saints
  • Listed building: Grade II: 6, Mercer'S RowOn or next to this site · +5 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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