Flat 4 91 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU
Approved on 17 August 2026
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Seeks a Certificate of Lawfulness to regularise existing use of Flat 4, 91 Colwyn Road, Northampton, as a self-contained residential flat (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 23 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Castle Ward
- ReceivedReceived23 Jun
- ValidatedValidated23 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Aug
- DecidedDecided17 Aug
Decided in 55 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Flat 4 91 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU. West Northamptonshire has handled 540 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Boot and Shoe Quarter conservation area. There have been 3 other applications 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.
91% of amendment 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 3PU
- Application type
- Lawful Development Certificate (Existing)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Northampton Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Mr Shahin Mohammed 2 West Chantry Harrow HA3 6NX
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Rebecca Wilkinson-Foster
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Boot and Shoe Quarter
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202625 Sep
Construction of a single storey rear extension to the existing ground floor flat
PendingFull Planning Permission2026/3859/FULL - 202515 May
Construction of a single-storey rear extension to the ground floor. Internal alterations to reconfigure the…
WithdrawnFull Planning Permission2025/2208/FULL - 20244 Dec
Ground floor single storey rear extension to flat 4. measured 4.3m deep x 3.3m wide x 3.0 max height
ApprovedOutline2024/5585/PNHPD
Source: West Northamptonshire
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