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Astrop Park Farm Astrop Park Kings Sutton OX17 3QN

S/2020/2210/PAPrior ApprovalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 February 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Class R of Part 3 of the above Order) for the change of use of (an) agricultural building(s) to a flexible use falling within Class A1 (shops), Class A2 (financial and professional services), Class A3 (restaurants and cafes), Class B1 (business), Class B8 (storage or distribution), Class C1 (hotels) or Class D2 (assembly and leisure) in respect of: the transport and highways impacts of the development; noise impacts of the development, contamination risks on the site and flooding risks on the site.

Received
10 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Sutton
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.2 Feb
  4. Target3 Feb
  5. Decided3 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Astrop Park Farm Astrop Park Kings Sutton OX17 3QN. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,500 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 2 weeks quicker than West Northamptonshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Astrop conservation area. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 2,187 applications in total for the OX17 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
OX17 3QN
Application type
Prior Approval
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kings Sutton

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2020
Last date for comments
2 February 2021
Target decision date
3 February 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Mr Henry Doble The Old Market Office 10 Risbygate Street Bury St Edmunds IP33 3AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Astrop
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    27 Jun

    Discharge of Condition 8 [Noise Asessment] of Planning Permission 2024/1820/S73

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2024/3214/COND
  2. 2024
    13 Mar

    Variation of condition 2 [approved plans - changes to building 2] and condition 7 [electric vehicle charging…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)2024/1820/S73
  3. 2023
    1 Mar

    Condition 5 of WNS/2022/0100/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsWNS/2023/0365/COND
  4. 2022
    20 Jan

    Change of use of agricultural buildings to B8 storage use to include demolition of further building and…

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionWNS/2022/0100/FUL
  5. 2022
    20 Jan

    Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Class R of Part 3 of the above Order) for the…

    ApprovedPrior ApprovalWNS/2022/0106/PA
  6. 2020
    4 Feb

    Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Class R of Part 3 of the above Order) for the…

    ApprovedPrior ApprovalS/2020/0156/PA

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