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Pets At Home Firs Avenue Northampton NN4 9BF

2026/3638/PAPrior ApprovalApproved

Approved on 21 October 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval not required

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

Proposal

Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 14, Class J of the above Order) for installation of a roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) array.

Received
2 September 2026
Ward
Upton Ward
  1. Received2 Sep
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 36 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a planning application for a solar installation at Pets At Home Firs Avenue Northampton NN4 9BF. West Northamptonshire has handled 20 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 5 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Upton Ward. We hold 1,608 applications in total for the NN4 postcode area.

92% of all 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 9BF
Application type
Prior Approval
Parish
Hunsbury Meadows Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2026
Target decision date
9 November 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant company

Superdrug Stores PLC

Company number 00807043

Status
Active
Type
Public limited company
Incorporated
28 May 1964 (62 years old)
Nature of business
Dispensing chemist in specialised stores; Retail sale of cosmetic and toilet articles in specialised stores
Registered office
Croydon

6 other planning applications by this company in Chesterfield, Barnsley, Lichfield and 2 more councils.

  • 26/01183/ADV · Lichfield · 16-18 Conduit Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6JR
  • CHE/26/00847/FUL · Chesterfield · 2-4 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
  • CHE/26/00846/ADV · Chesterfield · 2-4 Vicar Lane Chesterfield Derbyshire S40 1PY
  • 2026/0776 · Barnsley · 7 The Glass Works, Barnsley, S70 1GW
  • R/2026/0648/LB · Redcar and Cleveland · UNIT 3 15-19 WESTGATE GUISBOROUGH TS14 6BG
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Dobromila Jaskulska

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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    17 Aug

    1No illuminated building sign

    PendingAdvertisement consent2026/3605/ADV

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