Planning application
124 Watling Street East Towcester NN12 6BT
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Advertisement consent for installation of non-illuminated hanging sign.
As published by the council, reference 2025/4143/ADV
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/4143/ADV
- Type
- Advertisement Consent
- Status
- 10 - Approved
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 17 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 3 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 5 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Towcester Ward
- Parish
- Towcester
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- NN12 6BT
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register
This site has had 6 applications since 2025: 5 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/0894/COND Granted
124 Watling Street East Towcester NN12 6BT
Discharge of Condition 3 (Noise & Odour Assessment) of Planning Permission 2025/4366/FULL (Change of Use of Ground Floor Optician Shop to Takeaway, retrospective works carried out including front access door moved in front elevation, kitchen with extraction unit installed, counter with studwall partition behind and internal decoration)
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2025/4434/LBC Granted
124 Watling Street East Towcester NN12 6BT
Listed Building Consent for the installation of non-illuminated hanging sign.
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2025/4366/FULL Granted
124 Watling Street East, Towcester, NN12 6BT
Change of Use of Ground Floor Optician Shop to Takeaway, Retrospective works carried out including front access door moved in front elevation, kitchen with extraction unit installed, counter with studwall partition behind and internal decoration
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2025/4367/LBC Granted
124 Watling Street East, Towcester, NN12 6BT
Listed Building Consent for the Change of Use of Ground Floor Optician Shop to Takeaway, Retrospective works carried out including front access door moved in front elevation, kitchen with extraction unit installed, counter with studwall partition behind and internal decoration
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2025/3749/NMA Withdrawn
124 Watling Street East Towcester NN12 6BT
Non material amendment to make alteration to ground floor, amend the position of door in the shopfront and the siting of the rear extraction flue system to WNS/2022/0181/FUL (Change of Use from Opticians Shop on the Ground Floor with First Floor storage to Restaurant and Takeaway for the Ground Floor with storage on the First Floor with installation of extraction flue to side)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Sep 2025
Received by West Northamptonshire
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3 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Approval
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
15 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Northamptonshire granted permission on 5 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 advertisement consent applications
Advertisement consent is judged on two things only: amenity and public safety, not competition or other planning considerations. More in our guide to planning application types.
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