Planning application
Northampton Academy Billing Brook Road Northampton NN3 8NH
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposed roof mounted solar panels
As published by the council, reference 2025/4127/PA
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/4127/PA
- Type
- Prior Approval
- Status
- 10 - Approved
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approval
- Received
- 13 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 13 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 13 Nov 2025
- Ward
- Talavera Ward
- Parish
- Northampton Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- NN3 8NH
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register
This site has had 5 applications since 2024: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/3268/FULL Awaiting decision
Northampton Academy Billing Brook Road Northampton NN3 8NH
Proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) and associated infrastructure.
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2024/5269/COND Granted
Northampton Academy Billing Brook Road Northampton NN3 8NH
Discharge of Condition 11 [Ramped Access] on Planning Permission WNN/2023/0426 [Installation of 6no five-a-side football pitches with associated fencing, lighting, hardstanding, accessible ramp and a pavilion]
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2024/4016/COND Granted
Northampton Academy Billing Brook Road Northampton NN3 8NH
Discharge of Condition 7 (Floodlighting) of Planning Permission WNN/2023/0426. (Installation of 6no five-a-side football pitches with associated fencing, lighting, hardstanding, accessible ramp and a pavilion).
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2024/3979/FULL Granted
Northampton Academy Billing Brook Road Northampton NN3 8NH
Permanent installation of portacabin for use as a welfare unit
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Oct 2025
Received by West Northamptonshire
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13 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Approval
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10 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Northamptonshire granted permission on 13 November 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 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.
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Northampton Academy Billing Brook Road Northampton NN3 8NH
Discharge of Condition 7 (Floodlighting) of Planning Permission WNN/2023/0426. (Installation of 6no five-a-side football pitches with associated fencing, lighting, hardstanding, accessible ramp and a pavilion).
Granted Conditions 6 docs -
Northampton Academy Billing Brook Road Northampton NN3 8NH
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Proposed battery energy storage system (BESS) and associated infrastructure.
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Northampton Academy Billing Brook Road Northampton NN3 8NH
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Northampton Academy Billing Brook Road Northampton NN3 8NH
Discharge of Condition 11 [Ramped Access] on Planning Permission WNN/2023/0426 [Installation of 6no five-a-side football pitches with associated fencing, lighting, hardstanding, accessible ramp and a pavilion]
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