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Former Oakfield Campus Marlowe Avenue Swindon

S/19/0192Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 July 2019

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 239no. dwellings and community hub building (Class D1/B1(a) uses) including public open space, play facilities, car parking, landscaping and associated works.

Received
5 February 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Walcot And Park North
  1. Received5 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.8 Mar
  4. Target10 May
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 150 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Oakfield Campus Marlowe Avenue Swindon. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 15 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Walcot And Park North.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
239
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 February 2019
Consultation expiry
22 March 2019
Consultation start
15 February 2019
Consultation end
8 March 2019
Neighbour consultation start
15 February 2019
Neighbour consultation end
8 March 2019
Last date for comments
22 March 2019
Target decision date
10 May 2019
Permission expires
12 July 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lichfields
Agent address
Lichfields 14 Regent's Wharf All Saints Street London N1 9RL

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 March 2019
Advertisement expiry
22 March 2019
Site notice start
27 February 2019
Site notice end
20 March 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07538653
Documents
148

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Ex- Oakfield University CampusRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, conservation 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 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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