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JD Sports, 18 Abington Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 2AJ

N/2011/0285Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 May 2011

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

New shop front.

Received
24 March 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle Ward
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 40 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application at JD Sports, 18 Abington Street, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN1 2AJ. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 2AJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2011
Last date for comments
26 April 2011
Target decision date
27 May 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

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. 2011
    27 Jun

    Display of internally illuminated fascia and flag signs

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentN/2011/0637

Source: West Northamptonshire

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