Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

20 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AW

Decided West Northamptonshire 2025/3547/PA Prior Approval

Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.

Proposal

Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the above Order) for conversion of offices to 2 residential units

As published by the council, reference 2025/3547/PA

Application record

Reference
2025/3547/PA
Type
Prior Approval
Status
10 - Prior Approval Required
Decision
Prior Approval required
Received
3 Sep 2025
Validated
12 Sep 2025
Decided
13 Nov 2025
Ward
Castle Ward
Parish
Northampton Town Council
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
NN1 5AW

Site history

Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2025/5020/FULL Granted

    20 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AW

    Conversion of 3 storey dwellinghouse (use class C3) to a 7 bed house of multiple occupancy.

    Decided 11 May 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Sep 2025

    Received by West Northamptonshire

  2. 12 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 13 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Prior Approval required

  4. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

31 documents on file for this application

A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

After the decision

West Northamptonshire has decided this application; the outcome above is the register's own wording and the decision notice on the council portal carries the detail. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • Apartment 2 21 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AW

    2024/1223/TCA Submitted 26 Feb 2024 50 yards away

    Remove both trees and all shrubbery located at the front of the building

    Granted Trees 4 docs
  • 19 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AW

    2026/3910/TCA Submitted 29 Sep 2026 50 yards away

    100% historically approved · decision due ~24 Nov

    T1 - False Acacia - Fell to ground level due to repeated damage to garden surface area (patio and foot path) from incremental root growth and with regards to proximity to neighboring property.

    Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs
  • Lower Billing House 9 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AW

    2024/2404/FULL Submitted 29 Apr 2024 50 yards away

    Change of use from a dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to an 8-bedroom HMO (Use Class C4)

    Withdrawn Full applications 12 docs
    Domestic
  • 19 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AW

    2026/3597/TCA Submitted 3 Sep 2026 50 yards away

    100% historically approved · decision due ~29 Oct

    Works to 1x Robinia tree within a conservation area

    Awaiting decision Trees 3 docs
  • 20 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AW

    2025/5020/FULL Submitted 21 Nov 2025 50 yards away

    Conversion of 3 storey dwellinghouse (use class C3) to a 7 bed house of multiple occupancy.

    Granted Full applications 21 docs
    Domestic
  • Apartment 2 21 Billing Road Northampton NN1 5AW

    2026/2621/TCA Submitted 26 Jun 2026 50 yards away

    Complete removal of the tree to the right of the building the roots have caused damage to the brick wall which cannot be repaired until the tree has been removed. Trimming down of the other shrubbery.

    Granted Trees 11 docs

In West Northamptonshire

  • 2026/2756/PA Refused

    The Old School Main Street Denton NN7 1DQ

    Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the above Order) for Change of use – commercial/business/service (Class E) to dwellinghouses (Class C3)

    Received 6 Jul, published by the council 22 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • 2026/2788/PA Granted

    Hall Farm Brackley Road Radstone NN13 5PY

    Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class R of the above Order) for change of use of Agricultural Buildings to Commercial (Class E(g)(iii) – light industrial).

    Received 9 Jul, published by the council 27 Jul 2026 Prior approval
  • 2026/3954/PA Awaiting decision

    1 High Street Daventry NN11 4BW

    Seeking if prior approval required [under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA of the above order ] for the change of Use of existing former bank [Use Class E] to 2 no. 1 bedroom, 1 person flats [Use Class C3]

    Received 1 Oct, published by the council 8 Oct 2026 Prior approval
  • 2026/3372/PA Granted

    The Joineries High Street Shutlanger NN12 7RP

    Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the above Order) for construction of steel framed and clad agricultural barn for storage of hay, straw, animal feed and farm machinery

    Received 11 Aug, published by the council 22 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • 2026/3473/PND Granted

    Land to the South Blakesley Road Adstone NN12 8DT

    Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 6, Class A of the above Order) for an agricultural building principally used for the storage of grain

    Received 24 Aug, published by the council 9 Sep 2026 Prior approval