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Merton Guest House 109 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU

Granted West Northamptonshire 2024/5179/FULL Full Planning Permission

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

Proposal

House of multiple occupation - Increase in the number of occupants from 8 to 10

As published by the council, reference 2024/5179/FULL

Application record

Reference
2024/5179/FULL
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
10 - Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Approval
Received
5 Nov 2024
Validated
5 Nov 2024
Decided
7 Jan 2025
Ward
Castle Ward
Parish
Northampton Town Council
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
NN1 3PU

Site history

Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2024/5080/S73 Withdrawn

    Merton Guest House 109 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU

    Variation of condition 2 (number of occupiers) of 2024/3569/FULL (Change of use from a 6 person HMO (Use Class C4) to an 8 person HMO (Use Class SG)) to increase the number of occupiers by 2

    Decided 19 Nov 2024 Amendments
  • 2024/3569/FULL Granted

    Merton Guest House 109 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU

    Change of use from a 6 person HMO (Use Class C4) to an 8 person HMO (Use Class SG)

    Decided 3 Oct 2024 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 5 Nov 2024

    Received by West Northamptonshire

  2. 7 Jan 2025

    Decision issued: Approval

  3. 23 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

11 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

West Northamptonshire granted permission on 7 January 2025, 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 full applications

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  • Merton Guest House 109 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU

    2024/5080/S73 Submitted 28 Oct 2024 50 yards away

    Variation of condition 2 (number of occupiers) of 2024/3569/FULL (Change of use from a 6 person HMO (Use Class C4) to an 8 person HMO (Use Class SG)) to increase the number of occupiers by 2

    Withdrawn Amendments 13 docs
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  • Merton Guest House 109 Colwyn Road Northampton NN1 3PU

    2024/3569/FULL Submitted 18 Jul 2024 50 yards away

    Change of use from a 6 person HMO (Use Class C4) to an 8 person HMO (Use Class SG)

    Granted Full applications 28 docs

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