Planning application
1 Stour Road Northampton NN5 5AA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Use of Unit 1 for car servicing and repairs and ancillary MOT testing station within Use Class B2
As published by the council, reference 2026/1763/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1763/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- 5 - Site Visit Complete (1-10)
- Received
- 10 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 13 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Dallington Spencer Ward
- Parish
- Northampton Town Council
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- NN5 5AA
Site history
Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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2025/4767/LDP Refused
1 Stour Road Northampton NN5 5AA
Lawful development certificate (proposed) to add MOT service to current car repair service business
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Apr 2026
Received by West Northamptonshire
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13 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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27 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Northamptonshire took a median of 69 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Northamptonshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Northamptonshire decided full applications in a median of 109 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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