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Mill House 67 High Street Wootton Northampton Northamptonshire NN4 6LP

N/2020/0245Full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 2 September 2020

Council decision: Appeal DismissedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of Use of Dwelling (Use Class C3) to Mixed Use Dwelling and Tea Room (Sui Generis)

Received
26 February 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Nene Valley Ward
  1. Received26 Feb
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided2 Sep

Decided in 55 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Mill House 67 High Street Wootton Northampton Northamptonshire NN4 6LP. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 17 weeks longer than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 81 applications across Nene Valley Ward. We hold 1,608 applications in total for the NN4 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
NN4 6LP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Parish
Wootton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2020
Last date for comments
7 August 2020
Target decision date
3 September 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal date
30 September 2020
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
28 May 2021

Appeal history

3260275
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 28 May 2021Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
102

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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