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Northamptonshire Central Library 76 Abington Street Northampton NN1 2BA

Awaiting decision West Northamptonshire 2026/3258/COND Conditions Discharge

Works: Windows or glazing

Relates to 2025/4772/LBC

Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 4 (Method Statement) of planning permission 2025/4772/LBC (Internal refurbishment works to provide additional Toilets / Multi Use Offices / Re-Planning of Staff Facilities. New window to Office Space. External heating and cooling equipment / drainage pipes to elevations and ventilation grills).

As published by the council, reference 2026/3258/COND

Application record

Reference
2026/3258/COND
Type
Conditions Discharge
Status
4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Castle Ward
Parish
Northampton Town Council
Decision by
Delegated
Postcode
NN1 2BA

Site history

Applications at this address on the West Northamptonshire register

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

  • 2025/4772/LBC Granted

    Northamptonshire Central Library, 76 Abington Street, Northampton, NN1 2BA

    Internal refurbishment works to provide additional Toilets / Multi Use Offices / Re-Planning of Staff Facilities. New window to Office Space. External heating and cooling equipment / drainage pipes to elevations and ventilation grills.

    Decided 2 Mar 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Aug 2026

    Received by West Northamptonshire

  2. 22 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. 23 Sep 2026

    Status changed to 4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)

    Previously 3 - Case Officer Allocated (1-10).

  4. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 September 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.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 2025/4772/LBC Granted

    Northamptonshire Central Library, 76 Abington Street, Northampton, NN1 2BA

    Internal refurbishment works to provide additional Toilets / Multi Use Offices / Re-Planning of Staff Facilities. New window to Office Space. External heating and cooling equipment / drainage pipes to elevations and ventilation grills.

    Decided 2 Mar 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

Documents

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

3 documents on file for this application

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What 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 condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Northamptonshire Central Library, 76 Abington Street, Northampton, NN1 2BA

    2025/4772/LBC Submitted 3 Nov 2025 50 yards away

    Internal refurbishment works to provide additional Toilets / Multi Use Offices / Re-Planning of Staff Facilities. New window to Office Space. External heating and cooling equipment / drainage pipes to elevations and ventilation grills.

    Granted Heritage and listed buildings Windows or glazing 24 docs
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