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60 Gold Street Northampton NN1 1RS

Refused West Northamptonshire 2025/4914/LDE Lawful Development Certificate (Existing)

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

To confirm that planning approval WNN/2022/1096 [Change of Use of no 60 Gold Street and 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors of 56-58 Gold Street from Offices (Use Class E) to Hostel (Sui Generis)] has been implemented within its validity period.

As published by the council, reference 2025/4914/LDE

Application record

Reference
2025/4914/LDE
Type
Lawful Development Certificate (Existing)
Status
10 - Refusal
Decision
Refused As published: Refusal
Received
14 Nov 2025
Validated
14 Nov 2025
Decided
26 Feb 2026
Ward
Castle Ward
Parish
Northampton Town Council
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
NN1 1RS

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 14 Nov 2025

    Received by West Northamptonshire

  2. 26 Feb 2026

    Decision issued: Refusal

  3. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

7 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

West Northamptonshire refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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