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169 Watling Street West Towcester NN12 6BX

S/2020/0968/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 August 2020

Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Removal of condition 4 S/2019/2309/FUL (The premises shall not be used for the sale of hot food for consumption off the premises notwithstanding the provisions of The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order1987 (as amended) or in any provision equivalent to that class in any statutory instrument revoking, amending or re-enacting that order and for no other purpose(s) whatsoever).S/2019/2309/FUL(Variation of condition of condition 3 (opening hours) to S/2002/0952/P (Change of use from retail to tea room) To allow trading hours between 07:30-23:00 Monday to Saturday and 08:30-22:00 Sunday, Bank/Public holidays)

Received
15 June 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Towcester Mill
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 169 Watling Street West Towcester NN12 6BX. West Northamptonshire has handled 9,971 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 13 days quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Towcester conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the NN12 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
NN12 6BX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Towcester

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2020
Last date for comments
16 July 2020
Target decision date
11 August 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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