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79 The Briar Northampton NN4 8SR

2026/2662/PAPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 5 August 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Seeking prior approval [under Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the above order] for a larger home extension 5m x 3.30m x 2.85m to the rear

Received
1 July 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Far Cotton, Delapre and Briar Hill Ward
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated1 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Jul
  4. Target25 Aug
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 35 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for an extension at 79 The Briar Northampton NN4 8SR. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 43 applications across Far Cotton, Delapre and Briar Hill Ward. We hold 1,608 applications in total for the NN4 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
NN4 8SR
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Northampton Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 July 2026
Last date for comments
28 July 2026
Target decision date
25 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
3 Nursery Gardens Bradwell Village Milton Keynes MK13 9HU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 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.

  • 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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