169 Watling Street West Towcester NN12 6BX
Approved on 26 August 2021
Council decision: ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Listed building consent for hanging sign approximately 700 x 700 mm in wood, painted in background dark blue and lettering beige (palette consistent with fascia shop sign already in situ) suspended from bracket already mounted in position on the first floor front wall
- Received
- 9 July 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Towcester and Roade
- ReceivedReceived9 Jul
- ValidatedValidated9 Jul
- Consult.Consultation12 Aug
- TargetTarget Date3 Sep
- DecidedDecided26 Aug
Decided in 48 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a heritage application at 169 Watling Street West Towcester NN12 6BX. West Northamptonshire has handled 1,201 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 3 weeks 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.
88% of heritage 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
- Listed Building Consent (Alteration)
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Towcester
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 July 2021
- Last date for comments
- 12 August 2021
- Target decision date
- 3 September 2021
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Towcester
- 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202128 Jun
Hanging sign approximately 700 x 700 mm in wood, painted in background dark blue and lettering beige (palette…
ApprovedAdvertisement consentWNS/2021/0933/ADV - 202022 Oct
Window frames to front elevation change from beige to heritage deep blue (Farrow & Ball "Hague Blue").
ApprovedListed building consentS/2020/1986/LBC - 202015 Jun
Removal of condition 4 S/2019/2309/FUL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)S/2020/0968/FUL
Source: West Northamptonshire
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