Rushton Hall Farm Desborough Road Rushton NN14 1RG Data via plota.co.uk

26/02092/3RCOU - Part 3, Class R Change of Use > 150sqm Approved

Proposal

Prior approval for use of part of the existing barn as a Padel Court Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 02:26

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Application progress

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Received

27 Jul 2026

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Consultation

29 Jul 2026

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Approved

23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Officer Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Documents 11

Site constraints 9

Registered park or garden: Rushton Hall

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone

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

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

4 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: The Grooms House, Grade II*, 57 m away · 1 Grade II*, 3 Grade II

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Show all 4 with distances

57 mThe Grooms HouseGrade II*
89 mDovecote at Rushton Hall FarmGrade II
138 mFormer Stables to Rushton HallGrade II
141 mGarden Walls at Rushton Hall FarmGrade II

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Nature improvement area: Nene Valley; Conservation area 89 m away: Rushton; Inside the Rushton built-up area; Priority habitat 32 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 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.

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Important details

Council: North Northamptonshire
Application type: Part 3, Class R Change of Use > 150sqm
Postcode: NN14 1RG
Received: 27 Jul 2026
Validated: 27 Jul 2026
Ward: Rothwell & Mawsley
Parish: Rushton CP
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 28 Sept 2026
Decision: Prior Approval Required and Granted
Decision date: 23 Sept 2026
Decision level: Officer Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Savills

How this decision compares

Decided in 58 days from validation, 13 days faster than North Northamptonshire's median of 71 for changes of use. Approved, as 75% of changes of use here are.

This one58d

Council71d

UK56d

38%decided within 8 weeks

75%approved

108decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

3 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15109529
Planning Portal ref: PP-15109529
Neighbours: 29 Jul 2026
Consultation: 29 Jul 2026
Comments by: 19 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry: 21 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

North Northamptonshire

Planning Authority Score

1.3/10

Poor

#285 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Change of use

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%).

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

North Northamptonshire decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

88%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #157 of 296

88%

Householder approved

Below avg (90%) #220 of 296

35%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #279 of 296

64%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #277 of 296

74%

Minor dwellings approved

100 decided (1-9 homes)

81%

Major dwellings approved

21 decided (10+ homes)

91%

Change of use approved

75 decided

1,096

Total decisions

132 refused in the year to March 2026