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The Reading Room Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN5 8ZR

S/12/0679Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 June 2012

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 1 no. dormer window.

Received
14 May 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Blunsdon And Highworth
  1. Received14 May
  2. Validated25 May
  3. Consult.19 Jun
  4. Target16 Jul
  5. Decided28 Jun

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at The Reading Room Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN5 8ZR. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in the Hannington conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Blunsdon And Highworth. 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 8ZR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hannington

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 May 2012
Consultation expiry
19 June 2012
Consultation start
29 May 2012
Consultation end
19 June 2012
Neighbour consultation start
29 May 2012
Neighbour consultation end
19 June 2012
Last date for comments
19 June 2012
Target decision date
16 July 2012
Permission expires
28 June 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 June 2012
Site notice start
6 June 2012

Additional information

Documents
25
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hannington
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2012
    31 Aug

    Discharge of conditions from Planning Permission S/12/0679

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/12/1283
  2. 2012
    14 May

    Erection of 1 no. dormer window.

    This applicationApprovedFullS/12/0679

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