Plans for new church in Northampton town centre and major warehouse at Northampton Gateway submitted

Plans to turn a Northampton town centre retail premises into a church and build a major new warehouse at Northampton Gateway are among the latest planning applications submitted to West Northamptonshire Council.

An application for 86 Bridge Street seeks permission to change the building's use from retail to a place of public worship.

The proposals, submitted under reference 2026/4191/FULL, also include alterations to the building's west elevation and six first-floor windows on its eastern side.

Meanwhile, a major application for Plot 1 at Northampton Gateway proposes a new storage and distribution building with ancillary office accommodation.

The scheme, reference 2026/4352/MAF, includes additional buildings, access arrangements, parking, service yards, drainage, landscaping and associated infrastructure.

Elsewhere in Northampton, plans have been submitted to install air conditioning units, associated pipework and external chillers at the first floor of Chichele House, 42 Kingsley Road.

The application carries reference 2026/4186/FULL.

At Buckton Fields Primary School, Home Farm Drive, Boughton, an application seeks to extend permission for temporary school accommodation until July 2027 to allow its removal from the site.

The proposal, reference 2026/4313/S73, would vary a condition attached to an earlier retrospective planning permission.

Other applications across West Northamptonshire include converting a barn at Manor Farm, Guilsborough Road, Ravensthorpe, into an annexe, with four front dormers and changes to windows and doors.

At Kendal House, 7 High Street, Blakesley, listed building consent is sought for cellar excavation and repairs to retrieve trapped drainage inspection equipment.

Further proposals include converting an outbuilding into a garage at Lodge Farm Barn, Bradden, and alterations to a listed property at 6 Church Lane, Welford.

Applications also cover changes to previously approved residential conversions at 39 Bedford Road, Little Houghton, and alterations at 42-44 Cross Tree Road, Wicken.

Retrospective listed building consent is sought for solar panels and a heat pump at The Tythe Barn, Syresham.

Applications can be viewed at www.westnorthants.gov.uk/applications.

Representations must be submitted within 21 days of the notice's November 5 publication, excluding bank and public holidays.

This public notice was published in the Chronicle & Echo and the Public Notice Portal.