West Lodge Farm, Blisworth Road, Courteenhall, NN7 2QB Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1959/FULL - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Conversion of an existing agricultural building to a farm shop and café (Use Class E) and a commercial unit (Use Class E(g)(iii), B2 and/or B8); a new access from Courteenhall Road, car parking, cycle and bin store, landscaping and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Oct 2026, 03:56

Application progress

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Received

29 Apr 2025

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Approved

1 Dec 2025

Approved on 1 Dec 2025 · Committee · Last checked 24 Oct 2026

Documents 57

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Document · 1 Dec 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 12

Plans & drawings 24

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (PUBLIC) Document · 29 Apr 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 10

Associated applications 3

Full1 Dec 20252025/1959/FULLThis application
Conversion of an existing agricultural building to a farm shop and café (Use Class E) and a commercial unit (Use Class…
Conditions details submitted for 4
- AmendmentNon material amendment to amend the approved colours to the walls & roof of the building10 Jul 20262026/2816/NMA
- ConditionsDischarge of condition 4 [Landscape and Ecology Management Plan]26 Feb 20262026/0992/COND

Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 5

Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

SSSI about 9 m away: Roade Cutting 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: Sssi

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 ↗

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 1409 m away: Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange; Priority habitat about 6 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

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

Checked on 14 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: NN7 2QB
Received: 29 Apr 2025
Validated: 29 Apr 2025
Ward: Hackleton and Roade Ward
Parish: Courteenhall
Target decision: 2 Dec 2025
Decision: Approval
Decision date: 1 Dec 2025
Decision level: Committee
Applicant: Show
Agent: Roebuck Land and Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 216 days from validation, 117 days slower than West Northamptonshire's median of 99 for full applications. Approved, as 90% of full applications here are.

This one216d

Council99d

UK56d

11%decided within 8 weeks

90%approved

6%go to committee

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: 3 Oct 2025
Committee: 18 Nov 2025

Historical activity at this location

14 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved

Conversion of an existing agricultural building to a farm shop and café (Use Class E) and…

2024/1178/MAF 5 Feb 2025

2017 Approved

Change-of-Use of two redundant agricultural buildings to B1(c) Light Industrial and/or B8…

S/2017/2426/FUL 26 Apr 2018

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved

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Determination as to whether prior approval is required for the installation of electronic…

WNS/2023/0122/TEL 6 Mar 2023

2022 Approved

West Lodge Farm Blisworth Road Courteenhall

Conversion of two agricultural barns to commercial units (Use Class E(g)(iii), B2, B8), r…

WNS/2022/0118/FUL 6 Jul 2022

2022 Approved

Blisworth Road Courteenhall Northampton NN7 2QB (Cell 10684934/TEF368)

Notification of the installation of electronic communications for the installation of rep…

WNS/2022/0139/TLN 27 Jan 2022

2021 Approved

Barn at West Lodge Farm West Lodge Farm Blisworth Road Courteenhall NN7 2QB

Determination as to whether prior approval is required (under Class R of Part 3 of the ab…

WNS/2021/1212/PA 15 Oct 2021

2020 Approved

Courteenhall Farms West Lodge Farm Blisworth Road Courteenhall NN7 2QB

Condition 4 [Surface Water Drainage Scheme] Application for approval of details submityte…

S/2020/0175/COND 3 Nov 2020

2020 Approved

Courteenhall Farms West Lodge Farm Blisworth Road Courteenhall NN7 2QB

Condition 9 [Landscaping Scheme] Application for approval of details submitted pursuant t…

S/2020/0178/COND 30 Apr 2020

2020 Approved

Courteenhall Farms West Lodge Farm Blisworth Road Courteenhall NN7 2QB

Condition 5 [Access Road Details] Application for approval of details submitted pursuant…

S/2020/0176/COND 2 Apr 2020

2020 Approved

Courteenhall Farms West Lodge Farm Blisworth Road Courteenhall NN7 2QB

Condition 6 [Road Surfacing Details] Application for approval of details submitted pursua…

S/2020/0177/COND 2 Apr 2020

2018 Approved

O2 Uk Ltd Telecommunications Mast 368 Blisworth Road Courteenhall NN7 2QB

Notification of installation of electronic communications to install one 0.3m diameter di…

S/2018/2418/TLN 25 Oct 2018

2018 Approved

O2 Uk Ltd Telecommunications Mast 368 Blisworth Road Courteenhall NN7 2QB

Notification of installation of electronic communications for the installation of one 600…

S/2018/1826/TLN 14 Aug 2018

2017 Approved

West Lodge Farmhouse Blisworth Road Courteenhall NN7 2QB

Certificate of Lawfulness for Proposed Development comprising of change of use from C3 (A…

S/2017/0998/LDP 11 May 2017

2016 Approved

Telecommunications Mast Blisworth Road Courteenhall NN7 2QB

Transmission dish , backup generator with fencing , additional cabinets, swap antennae an…

S/2016/1219/TLN 3 Jun 2016

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%).

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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

West Lodge Farm, Blisworth Road, Courteenhall, NN7 2QB Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 57

Decision & officer reports 1

Statements & assessments 12

Plans & drawings 24

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 10

Other documents 9

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 6

Important details

How this decision compares

Consultation & key dates

Previous applications at this address

Nearby activity