Planning application
Owl House 4 Old Farm Lane Ashton NN7 2LE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Converting an approved office above the garage into ancillary residential accommodation
As published by the council, reference 2026/3353/HH
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/3353/HH
- Type
- Householder Planning Permission
- Status
- 4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)
- Received
- 7 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 7 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Hackleton and Roade Ward
- Parish
- Ashton
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- NN7 2LE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Aug 2026
Received by West Northamptonshire
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1 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 2 October 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
11 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 householder applications in a median of 76 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Plot 2, Old Farm Lane, Ashton, NN7 2LE
Discharge of Conditions 2(Schedule of Materials), 3 (Stone Sample Panel), 4 (Brick Samples) and 5 (Tile & slate samples) of Planning Permission 2024/3144/RM (Reserved Matters for Plot 2 only (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) pursuant to outline permission 2024/1019/OUT for two self-build detached dwellings.Partial discharge of conditions 3, 4 and 8 of 2024/1019/OUT. at Land South of Old Farm Lane, Ashton, Towcester, NN7 2JW)
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This is an administrative replacement record: please see application WNS/2021/0975/FUL
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This is an administrative replacement record: please see application number WNS/2021/0975/FUL
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