Planning application
34 Balfour Street Kettering NN16 9LH
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
- 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
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Dec 2025
Received by North Northamptonshire
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19 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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12 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted/Approved
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Agent on file, an architecture practice
28 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 87% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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