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Playing Field County Ground County Road Swindon SN1 2ED

S/17/1227Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 16 November 2017

Council decision: Permission RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a two storey pavilion, construction of a 3G playing pitch and 8no. 15 metre high floodlights, 4.5 metre high ball stop fencing, 2 metre high pitch perimeter fencing, erection of a storage container, construction of new car parking and associated landscaping works.

Received
21 July 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
7
Ward
Central
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target5 Nov
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 98 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Playing Field County Ground County Road Swindon SN1 2ED. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 10 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Central. We hold 543 applications in total for the SN1 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
SN1 2ED
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2017
Consultation expiry
6 September 2017
Consultation start
16 August 2017
Consultation end
6 September 2017
Neighbour consultation start
6 November 2017
Neighbour consultation end
6 September 2017
Last date for comments
6 September 2017
Target decision date
5 November 2017
Committee meeting
14 November 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sports Clubhouses 182 Brighton Road Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 2NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 August 2017
Site notice start
24 August 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06038330
Documents
77

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Cricket Pavilion, Cricket GroundOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: Former Zarlink Factory, Darby Close, SwindonRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2020
    22 Jun

    Erection of a two storey pavilion, construction of a 3G playing pitch and 8no. 15 metre high floodlights, 4.5…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/20/0841
  2. 2019
    8 Jul

    Installation of 2 no. spectator stands.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationS/19/1054
  3. 2019
    29 Apr

    Erection of a two storey pavilion, construction of a 3G playing pitch and 8no. 15 metre high floodlights, 4.5…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/19/0656
  4. 2019
    29 Apr

    Discharge of conditions 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 16 from Planning Permission S/18/0126

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/19/0658
  5. 2019
    15 Apr

    Discharge of condition 6 from Planning Permission S/18/0126

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/19/0598
  6. 2019
    16 Mar

    Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission S/18/0126

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentS/AMEND/19/0449

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