Planning application
60 Gold Street Northampton NN1 1RS
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
- 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
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14 Nov 2025
Received by West Northamptonshire
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26 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Refusal
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10 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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The process from here
The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.
Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
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