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12 Highfields, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 6EY

S/2020/0853/LDPLawful Development Certificate (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 July 2020

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Development comprising of Single Storey rear extension, Front porch and new window to side elevation.

Received
22 May 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Towcester Brook
  1. Received22 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 54 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 12 Highfields, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 6EY. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 11 days quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the NN12 postcode area.

84% of outline 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
NN12 6EY
Application type
Lawful Development Certificate (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Towcester

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2020
Target decision date
22 July 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
10

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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