A planning application has been submitted for a new house at 21 Manor Rd, together with a new garage and extension to the existing house. Plans can be viewed on the councils website or at the Cliftonville House Offices. Comments should quote the reference number N/2008/702

The Council have given planning permission for flats on the garage site at the corner of Kingsathorpe Grove, Balfour Rd and Stanhope Rd.

Following comments from residents, the height of the proposed flats has been lowered. Parking will still be at the back of the Romany pub, accessed from Balfour Rd. Parking associated with the garage has been a problem for residents of Stanhope Rd for many years. Flats here will certainly mean no an end to the commercial operation on the site and all the problems that has caused. Concern over the height of the flats remains fully justified.

The planning application for new flats at 42-46 Kingsthorpe Grove (previously reported on this site) has been unanimously refused by the planning committee. Richard Church supported local residents in opposing the plan, which included 4 new flats at the back of the property with no parking provision. With on street parking already a problem, a busy junction with Osborne Rd and Kingsthorpe Grove Primary School nearby, the lack of parking on the site was unacceptable to the committee.

Richard has also called on the owner to keep the property in good condition. Residents have a right to expect that the building is not left as a local eyesore. It should refurbished and put to good use.

There is an existing consent for conversion of the building to flats, with one new flat at the back and parking which could still be implemented. The applicant does have the right of appeal which his agent has threatened to use.

A planning application has been submitted for the demolition of buildings at the United Trades Club in Balmoral Rd and the building of 22 new flats. Details of the application follow.

APPLICATION NO: N/2008/261 Date Valid 05/03/2008
Proposal Demolition of existing buildings and erection of 22No flats with associated access and parking.
Location Land at Balmoral Road Northampton.
Applicant Babington Properties Ltd The Huntersfield Flore Northants NN7 4LZ
Agent B M Waine Shoosmiths The Lakes Bedford Road Northampton NN4 7SH.
NBC Case Officer Amy Mottram

There are two new planning appplications for single houses in the Queens Park Area.

Balfour Rd-corner of Trinity Avenue
APPLICATION NO: N/2008/160 Date Valid 12/02/2008
Proposal Erection of split level dwelling - amendment to previously approved N/2003/0363.
Location Building Plot rear of 166 Balfour Road Northampton.
Applicant Mr A Symons 21 Pentalek Road Camborne Cornwall TR14 7AZ.
Agent WCA Chartered Surveyors Albany House 16 Chapel Street Camborne Cornwall TR14 8ED.
Case Officer Amy Mottram

Balmoral Road
APPLICATION NO: N/2008/212 Date Valid 21/02/2008
Proposal Erection of end-of-terrace dwelling
Location 90 Balmoral Road Northampton.
Applicant Mr. A. Dennis 31 Ridgeway Weston Favell Northampton NN3 3AP

These properties on the corner of Kingsthorpe Grove and Osborne Rd are empty and have been boarded up for ages. A planning application has now been submitted for conversion into 6 flats with another 4 flats to be built at the back. More details can be viewed on the Borough Council’s website. Let us know your views and send your comments to the council. The case officer dealing with the application at the Borough Council is Andrew Holden.

Whitehills and Spring Park Residents Association are holding an open event at the Pastures Community Centre on Saturday 28th January from 1.40-5.30pm. The open day will include a letter writing advice centre to help people put on paper their concerns about plans to build 1,250 homes at Buckton Fields. There will also be refreshments, a supervised play area and some fun activities.

The address to send views on the planning application is Ken Thursfield, Development Control Manager, Planning Services, Daventry District Council, Lodge Rd, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 4FP. Quote reference no. DA/2007/1400.

APPLICATION NO: N/2007/1507 Date Valid 30/11/2007
Proposal Erection of dwelliing
Location Adjacent to 63 Gillsway Northampton.
Applicant Mr. & Mrs. L. Northover 2 Fernie Fields Moulton Northampton

Ensign Ltd, the developers who want to build on Buckton Fields near Whitehills have announed a slight reduction in the number of homes they plan, from 1,500 to 1,250. They also claim to be seeking to keep the Smiths farm shop.

Ensign are submitting a separate application for just part of the site, the eastern or Harbough Rd end. Plans will be on public display at an exhibition at the Obelisk Centre, Obelisk Rise, on 12th December 2pm-9pm.

Plans can also be viwed on the developers website

This application will be determined by Daventry District Council and objections should be sent to them.

Only one new planning application this week
APPLICATION NO: N/2007/1379 Date Valid 30/10/2007

Proposal Single storey rear extension and rear/side dormers

Location 34 North Western Avenue Northampton.

Applicant A. Clarke & K. Tilley 34 North Western Avenue Northampton NN2 8HL.