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The Duston School, Berrywood Road, Northampton, NN5 6XA

N/2020/0232Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 May 2020

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Extension of existing playground on Primary School site, to include re-configuration of existing and new fence and removal of a tree. Addition of a new 15m X 10m fixed canopy and catering pod to the Secondary School playground area to provide external sheltered seating area.

Received
24 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
New Duston Ward
  1. Received24 Feb
  2. Validated28 Feb
  3. Consult.3 Apr
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided28 May

Decided in 90 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at The Duston School, Berrywood Road, Northampton, NN5 6XA. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 3 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 788 applications in total for the NN5 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
NN5 6XA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Duston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 February 2020
Last date for comments
3 April 2020
Target decision date
29 May 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
22

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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