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Playing Field County Ground County Road Swindon SN1 2ED

S/18/0126Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 14 March 2018

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning 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
19 January 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Central
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target26 Apr
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 44 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 54 days, 5 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. 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
Large
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2018
Consultation expiry
2 March 2018
Consultation start
31 January 2018
Consultation end
21 February 2018
Neighbour consultation start
5 March 2018
Neighbour consultation end
20 February 2018
Last date for comments
2 March 2018
Target decision date
26 April 2018
Committee meeting
13 March 2018
Permission expires
14 March 2021

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 February 2018
Advertisement expiry
2 March 2018
Site notice start
7 February 2018
Site notice end
28 February 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06668716
Documents
165

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.

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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 2019
    15 Apr

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

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/19/0598
  4. 2019
    16 Mar

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

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentS/AMEND/19/0449
  5. 2018
    25 Oct

    Discharge of condition 4 following planning permission S/18/0126

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/18/1759
  6. 2018
    8 Oct

    Discharge of conditions 3 and 5 from previous permission S/18/0126

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/18/1648
  7. 2018
    19 Jan

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

    This applicationApprovedFullS/18/0126

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