Former John Drydon House and Lakeside House The Lakes Northampton Data via plota.co.uk

2026/1321/MAF - Full Planning Permission (Major) 4 - Consultations Despatched (1-10)

Proposal

Demolition of existing office buildings and erection of three employment use buildings (Use Classes E(g)(iii), B2 and/or B8), access, parking, service yard space, landscaping and associated development infrastructure. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 26 Oct 2026, 23:09

Application progress

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Received

13 Mar 2026

✓

Validated

2 Apr 2026

Decision

Expected by 18 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 2 Nov 2026; it is now day 210.

Comments are open until 2 Nov 2026

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Documents 106

Statements & assessments 29

Plans & drawings 38

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 25

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Special protection area about 52 m away: Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

SSSI about 51 m away: Upper Nene Valley Gravel Pits SSSI

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Nene Valley; Inside the Northampton built-up area; Flood defence about 39 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 75 year flood); Priority habitat about 36 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

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Important details

Council: West Northamptonshire
Application type: Full Planning Permission (Major)
Postcode: NN4 7YD
Received: 13 Mar 2026
Validated: 2 Apr 2026
Ward: Cogenhoe and The Houghtons Ward
Parish: Great Houghton Parish Council
Target decision: 18 Nov 2026
Decision level: Schedule 2- Delegated
Applicant: Show
Agent: Planning Prospects Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 210, past the statutory target. 63% of commercial and major works in West Northamptonshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 2105 days to the predicted decision (day 215)

25%decided within 8 weeks

92%approved

65decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by West Northamptonshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Northamptonshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 2 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

6 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved

The Lakeside PH 2 The Lakes Northampton NN4 7YD

Construction of front and side canopy extensions, proposed elevational changes and associ…

2025/2212/FULL 15 Aug 2025

2024 Approved

Premier Inn 2A The Lakes Northampton NN4 7YD

Installation of external plant and equipment together with installation of cladding to ex…

2024/1634/FULL 20 May 2024

2019 Approved

Opus Energy House, 8 - 10 The Lakes, Northampton, NN4 7YD

Prior Notification of installation of rooftop PV on the Southwest and Southeast facing ro…

N/2019/0059 20 Mar 2019

2017 Withdrawn

John Dryden House , 8 - 10 The Lakes, Northampton, NN4 7YD

Car park resurfacing

N/2017/1531 22 Mar 2018

2017 Approved

John Dryden House, 8 - 10 The Lakes, Northampton, NN4 7YD

Dining room extension & extended first floor roof terrace.

N/2017/0489 19 Jun 2017

2016 Approved

John Dryden House , 8 - 10 The Lakes, Northampton, NN4 7YD

Proposed Front Entrance Extension

N/2016/1684 17 Feb 2017

West Northamptonshire

Planning Authority Score

1.7/10

Poor

#280 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Major dwellings

West Northamptonshire is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #295 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 79% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Among the slowest councils in England

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

West Northamptonshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

90%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #123 of 296

93%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #144 of 296

18%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #295 of 296

79%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #295 of 296

81%

Minor dwellings approved

170 decided (1-9 homes)

83%

Major dwellings approved

24 decided (10+ homes)

86%

Change of use approved

207 decided

1,832

Total decisions

179 refused in the year to March 2026