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34 Balfour Street Kettering NN16 9LH

Granted North Northamptonshire 25/02041/LDP Lawful Development - Proposed

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Change of use of residential property (C3) to 6 bedroom, 6 person HMO (C4)

As published by the council, reference 25/02041/LDP

Application record

Reference
25/02041/LDP
Type
Lawful Development - Proposed
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Application Permitted/Approved
Received
11 Dec 2025
Validated
19 Dec 2025
Decided
12 Feb 2026
Ward
Kettering North
Decision by
Officer Delegated Decision
Postcode
NN16 9LH

Site history

Applications at this address on the North Northamptonshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00477/FUL Granted

    34 Balfour Street Kettering NN16 9LH

    Change of Use from 6 person Class C4 HMO to 7 person Suis Generis HMO

    Decided 10 Aug 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Dec 2025

    Received by North Northamptonshire

  2. 19 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 12 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Application Permitted/Approved

  4. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Copper Beech Architecture Agent, an architecture practice

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

6 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

North Northamptonshire granted permission on 12 February 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    26/00477/FUL Submitted 19 Feb 2026 50 yards away

    Change of Use from 6 person Class C4 HMO to 7 person Suis Generis HMO

    Granted Full applications 11 docs

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In North Northamptonshire

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    Rear ground floor extension, rear dormer and internal alterations to facilitate conversion to 6 bedroom HMO

    Received 16 Oct, published by the council 19 Oct 2026 Lawful development
  • 26/02956/LDE Awaiting decision

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    Certificate of existing lawfulness for this application seeks to regularise the historic commencement of building works in connection with Planning Approval Ref: WP/2011/0515 at 4 King's Lane Little Harrowden. The building works in connection with the residential extension were commenced but not completed.

    Received 16 Oct, published by the council 22 Oct 2026 Lawful development