Site H Optimus Windmill Hill Business Park Blagrove Swindon SN5 6NF
Approved on 22 July 2015
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Reconfiguration of the car parking layout to accommodate additional parking spaces, new disabled car parking bays, new car share spaces and motor cycle parking, erection of a covered cycle shelter, a smoking shelter, a secure storage structure, bin store and plant and installation of rooftop solar panels.
- Received
- 17 April 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Lydiard And Freshbrook
- ReceivedReceived17 Apr
- ValidatedValidated23 Apr
- Consult.Consultation22 Jun
- TargetTarget Date19 Jul
- DecidedDecided22 Jul
Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Site H Optimus Windmill Hill Business Park Blagrove Swindon SN5 6NF. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Lydiard And Freshbrook. 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 6NF
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 April 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 22 June 2015
- Consultation start
- 1 June 2015
- Consultation end
- 22 June 2015
- Neighbour consultation start
- 18 May 2015
- Neighbour consultation end
- 8 June 2015
- Last date for comments
- 22 June 2015
- Target decision date
- 19 July 2015
- Permission expires
- 22 July 2018
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lambert Smith Hampton
- Architect profile
- LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON LIMITED
- Agent address
- Lambert Smith Hampton United Kingdom House 180 Oxford Street London W1D 1NN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 87 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 8 May 2015
- Site notice start
- 7 May 2015
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-04122328
- Documents
- 48
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (22)
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