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2 Knot Tiers Drive Northampton Northamptonshire NN5 4AY

N/2020/1299Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2020

Council decision: Appeal AllowedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of Use from Dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to Parenting Assessment Service (Use Class C2)

Received
15 October 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Upton Ward
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.23 Dec
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Knot Tiers Drive Northampton Northamptonshire NN5 4AY. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 6 days quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 18 applications across Upton Ward. 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 4AY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Upton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2020
Last date for comments
23 December 2020
Target decision date
18 December 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mrs Basma Larry 7 Sheepcoat Close Milton Keynes MK5 6JL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal date
4 January 2021
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed
Appeal decision date
4 June 2021

Appeal history

3266231
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 4 June 2021Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
36

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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