Planning application
78A St James Park Road Northampton NN5 5EL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use from ground floor apartment (Use Class C3) to Children’s Home (Use Class C2)
As published by the council, reference 2026/0975/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0975/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- 10 - Approved
- Decision
- Approval
- Received
- 26 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 26 Feb 2026
- Decided
- 21 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Dallington Spencer Ward
- Parish
- Northampton Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- NN5 5EL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 Feb 2026
Received by West Northamptonshire
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21 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Approval
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
16 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
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The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About full applications applications
How this application type works
A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.
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