The Reading Room Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN5 8ZR
Approved on 6 July 2016
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of 1no. dormer window to rear.
- Received
- 23 May 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Blunsdon And Highworth
- Agent
- Home Plan Design Services
- ReceivedReceived23 May
- ValidatedValidated23 May
- Consult.Consultation22 Jun
- TargetTarget Date14 Jul
- DecidedDecided6 Jul
Decided in 44 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 44 days, 5 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
- 23 May 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 22 June 2016
- Consultation start
- 1 June 2016
- Consultation end
- 22 June 2016
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 June 2016
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 June 2016
- Last date for comments
- 29 June 2016
- Target decision date
- 14 July 2016
- Permission expires
- 6 July 2019
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Home Plan Design Services
- Agent address
- Home Plan Design Services 27B High Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 10 June 2016
- Site notice start
- 10 June 2016
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05168987
- Documents
- 13
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
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.
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2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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