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Development Land At Former Lings Upper School Billing Brook Road Northampton

Granted West Northamptonshire 2025/3544/MAF Full Planning Permission (Major)

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

Proposal

38 two-bedroom relocatable self-contained modular accommodation units (Sui Generis), relocatable modular units comprising residents’ community hub, laundry and site office, equipped children’s play area, SUDS detention basin and other supporting site infrastructure

As published by the council, reference 2025/3544/MAF

Application record

Reference
2025/3544/MAF
Type
Full Planning Permission (Major)
Status
10 - Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Approval
Received
28 Aug 2025
Validated
2 Sep 2025
Decided
6 Feb 2026
Ward
Talavera Ward
Parish
Northampton Town Council
Decision by
Committee

Site history

Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2026/0792/COND Granted

    Development Land At Former Lings Upper School Billing Brook Road Northampton

    Discharge of condition 18 [Construction drainage details] for planning permission 2025/3544/MAF - 38 two-bedroom relocatable self-contained modular accommodation units (Sui Generis), relocatable modular units comprising residents’ community hub, laundry and site office, equipped children’s play area, SUDS detention basin and other supporting site infrastructure

    Decided 13 Mar 2026 Conditions
  • 2025/3911/FULL Withdrawn

    Development Land At Former Lings Upper School Billing Brook Road Northampton

    Uncontrolled pedestrian crossing, access improvements and resurfacing works

    Decided 10 Feb 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Aug 2025

    Received by West Northamptonshire

  2. 2 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 6 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Approval

  4. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • 2026/3729/NMA Granted

    Land off Birds Hill Way Weston Favell Northampton

    Amendment of condition 2 [as outlined in the cover letter] of approved 2025/3544/MAF (38 two-bedroom relocatable self-contained modular accommodation units (Sui Generis), relocatable modular units comprising residents’ community hub, laundry and site office, equipped children’s play area, SUDS detention basin and other supporting site infrastructure)

    Decided 5 Oct 2026 Amendments
  • 2026/0792/COND Granted

    Development Land At Former Lings Upper School Billing Brook Road Northampton

    Discharge of condition 18 [Construction drainage details] for planning permission 2025/3544/MAF - 38 two-bedroom relocatable self-contained modular accommodation units (Sui Generis), relocatable modular units comprising residents’ community hub, laundry and site office, equipped children’s play area, SUDS detention basin and other supporting site infrastructure

    Decided 13 Mar 2026 Conditions

Documents

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

127 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

West Northamptonshire granted permission on 6 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 full applications

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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