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St Johns Ambulance Hall Islington Road Towcester NN12 6AU

Granted West Northamptonshire 2025/5045/FULL Full Planning Permission

Works: Windows or glazing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Change of use of former St. Johns Ambulance building from 'Sui generis' to a small specialist independent school (use class F1(a)), along with three additional windows proposed to the east elevation.

As published by the council, reference 2025/5045/FULL

Application record

Reference
2025/5045/FULL
Type
Full Planning Permission
Status
10 - Approved
Decision
Granted As published: Approval
Received
2 Dec 2025
Validated
19 Dec 2025
Decided
17 Jun 2026
Ward
Towcester Ward
Parish
Towcester
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
NN12 6AU

Site history

Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2025/4087/PA Withdrawn

    St Johns Ambulance Hall Islington Road Towcester NN12 6AU

    Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class T of the above order) for the proposed change of use from Sui Generis to Learning & Non-residential Institutions (Use Class F1).

    Decided 30 Oct 2025 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Dec 2025

    Received by West Northamptonshire

  2. 19 Dec 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 17 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Approval

  4. 10 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

20 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

West Northamptonshire granted permission on 17 June 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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