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Orion Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8YG

S/09/0903Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 August 2009

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from B8 (Storage/ Distribution) to Sui Generis (Data Centre).

Received
6 June 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Freshbrook & Grange Park
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated22 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Orion Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8YG. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 68 days, 3 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. We hold 814 applications in total for the SN5 postcode area.

93% of full applications at Swindon Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SN5 8YG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 June 2009
Consultation expiry
9 July 2009
Consultation start
25 June 2009
Consultation end
9 July 2009
Last date for comments
9 July 2009
Target decision date
15 August 2009
Permission expires
13 August 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Frederick Gibberd Partnership 117-121 Curtain Road London EC2A 3AD

Planning decision

Statutory period
54 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00745805
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    29 Apr

    Works to Trees - G1 TPO 2016-03

    ApprovedTree Perservation Order ConsentS/TPO/24/0494
  2. 2022
    20 Jul

    Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) for the erection of a recycling shed and tool store.

    ApprovedLawful Development Certificate-ExistingS/LDE/22/1122
  3. 2020
    16 Oct

    Notification for Prior Approval for the Installation of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) equipment on the roof.

    ApprovedPrior Approval Solar PanelsS/PSOLP/20/1363
  4. 2017
    23 Jan

    Discharge of conditions 2 & 3 from previous permission S/16/0436

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/17/0141
  5. 2016
    8 Mar

    Construction of 108 no. additional car parking spaces.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationS/16/0436
  6. 2012
    31 Aug

    Erection of extension, increase in roof height of existing building and other alterations to existing…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationS/12/1286

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