Brookmeadow Barn, Kelmarsh Road, Arthingworth Data via plota.co.uk

2026/2426/FULL - Full Planning Permission Refused

Proposal

Conversion of an existing barn and extensions to form a self-build dwelling, erection of a car port, emergency pedestrian access and associated landscaping. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 17 Sept 2026, 22:38

Application progress

✓

Received

2 Jun 2026

✓

Validated

22 Jun 2026

✗

Refused

17 Sept 2026

Appeal

Not lodged

Refused on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 17 Sept 2026

Documents 34

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Document · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗

PDF Neighbour - Redacted Response Document · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour - Redacted Response Document · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Neighbour - Redacted Response Document · 20 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 17 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF Response - Consultees Document · 14 Jul 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 4; Nature improvement area: Nene Valley; National infrastructure project about 174 m away: Weston Marsh to East Leicestershire, at pre-application; Priority habitat about 19 m away: Traditional orchard.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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, the Planning Inspectorate, 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.

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Important details

Council: West Northamptonshire
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: LE16
Received: 2 Jun 2026
Validated: 22 Jun 2026
Ward: Rural North East Ward
Parish: Arthingworth
Target decision: 14 Sept 2026
Decision: Refusal
Decision date: 17 Sept 2026
Decision level: Delegated

How this decision compares

Decided in 87 days from validation, 5 days slower than West Northamptonshire's median of 82 for changes of use. Refused, as 17% of changes of use here are.

This one87d

Council82d

UK56d

30%decided within 8 weeks

83%approved

8%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by West Northamptonshire in the last twelve months, from validation. West Northamptonshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 23 Jul 2026

West Northamptonshire

Planning Authority Score

1.7/10

Poor

#280 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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

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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

Brookmeadow Barn, Kelmarsh Road, Arthingworth Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 34

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 3

Plans & drawings 7

Application forms 3

Consultation & comments 14

Other documents 6

Site constraints 5

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Consultation & key dates