70 Hardwick Road Wellingborough NN8 5AG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from 2no dwellings (C3 Use Class) to single Childrens Home unit (C2 Use Class) to accommodate care for three children and at least three members of staff on-site during a shift pattern Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 18 Jun 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026
Planning committee
Decided by North Northamptonshire Planning Committee on 17 Jun 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the use would remain residential, with acceptable effects on neighbours, parking and highway safety.
- Residents objected over noise, traffic, parking, privacy, the character of the area and possible cumulative impacts.
- The committee approved the application after considering the properties suitable for children and the available off-street parking.
Source: Plota analysis of North Northamptonshire's committee minutes of 17 Jun 2026.
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 2
Application forms 2
Site constraints 2
Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £475,000 in July 2015. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- North Northamptonshire
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- NN8 5AG
- Received
- 13 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 30 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Hatton Park
- Parish
- Wellingborough CP
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 25 May 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted/Approved
- Decision date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Pegasus Group
How this decision compares
Decided in 80 days from validation, 9 days slower than North Northamptonshire's median of 71 for changes of use. Approved, as 75% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by North Northamptonshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North Northamptonshire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14736162
- Neighbours
- 31 Mar 2026
- Consultation
- 9 Jun 2026
- Comments by
- 23 Apr 2026
- Site or press notice
- 8 Apr 2026
- Committee
- 17 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
North Northamptonshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #279 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 64% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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