Planning application
Tongda Distribution Ltd, Summerhouse Road, Northampton, NN3 6WD
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of warehouse (Use Class B8) to General Industrial (Use Class B2) / Storage and Distribution (Use Class B8) with associated car park, yard and other infrastructure works
As published by the council, reference 2025/4651/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/4651/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- 10 - Approved
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 20 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 20 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 28 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Parklands
- Parish
- Northampton Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- NN3 6WD
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/0791/COND Granted
Tongda Distribution Ltd, Summerhouse Road, Northampton NN3 6WD
Discharge of condition 7 [Bird and Bat boxes] for planning application 2025/4651/FULL - Change of use of warehouse (Use Class B8) to General Industrial (Use Class B2) / Storage and Distribution (Use Class B8) with associated car park, yard and other infrastructure works.
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2026/0707/COND Granted
Tongda Distribution Ltd, Summerhouse Road, Northampton NN3 6WD
Discharge of Condition 8 [Biodiversity] of Planning Permission 2025/4651/FULL [Change of use of warehouse (Use Class B8) to General Industrial (Use Class B2) / Storage and Distribution (Use Class B8) with associated car park, yard and other infrastructure works.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Oct 2025
Received by West Northamptonshire
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28 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Approval
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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2026/0791/COND Granted
Tongda Distribution Ltd, Summerhouse Road, Northampton NN3 6WD
Discharge of condition 7 [Bird and Bat boxes] for planning application 2025/4651/FULL - Change of use of warehouse (Use Class B8) to General Industrial (Use Class B2) / Storage and Distribution (Use Class B8) with associated car park, yard and other infrastructure works.
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2026/0707/COND Granted
Tongda Distribution Ltd, Summerhouse Road, Northampton NN3 6WD
Discharge of Condition 8 [Biodiversity] of Planning Permission 2025/4651/FULL [Change of use of warehouse (Use Class B8) to General Industrial (Use Class B2) / Storage and Distribution (Use Class B8) with associated car park, yard and other infrastructure works.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
26 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
West Northamptonshire granted permission on 28 January 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.
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