21 Whitegates Northampton NN4 9XA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
First floor two storey side extension Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 19 Jun 2026 · Committee · Last checked 19 Oct 2026
Planning committee
Decided by West Northamptonshire Non-Strategic Planning Committee on 18 Jun 2026. Earlier deferred on 19 May 2026.
Approved by 10 votes to 0
- Officers advised approval because the revised extension would respect the dwelling, neighbouring amenity and parking requirements, subject to conditions.
- Residents objected over design, privacy, overdevelopment, screening, construction materials and alleged business-related car storage.
- The committee approved the application by ten votes to none, with one abstention, subject to conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of West Northamptonshire's committee minutes of 18 Jun 2026.
Documents 33
Decision & officer reports 1
Plans & drawings 9
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 15
Other documents 7
Site constraints 4
Checked on 14 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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 £650,000 in September 2021. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2021, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- West Northamptonshire
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- NN4 9XA
- Received
- 8 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 18 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Hunsbury Ward
- Parish
- West Hunsbury Parish Council
- Target decision
- 22 Jun 2026
- Decision
- Approval
- Decision date
- 19 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Committee
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Avenue Architectural Design Ltd
How this decision compares
Decided in 183 days from validation, 84 days slower than West Northamptonshire's median of 99 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by West Northamptonshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Northamptonshire decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 10 Apr 2026
- Committee
- 18 Jun 2026
Historical activity at this location
13 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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%).
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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