Playing Field County Ground County Road Swindon SN1 2ED

S/20/0841Full Planning ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 23 September 2020

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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 (without compliance with condition 13 of permission S/19/0656 relating to opening times)

Received: 22 June 2020
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Swindon Borough Council
Ward: Central

ReceivedReceived22 Jun
ValidatedValidated22 Jun
Consult.Consultation7 Aug
TargetTarget Date17 Sep
DecidedDecided23 Sep

Decided in 93 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 93 days, 6 weeks 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: Medium
Parish: Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 June 2020
Consultation expiry: 7 August 2020
Consultation start: 17 July 2020
Consultation end: 7 August 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 17 July 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 7 August 2020
Last date for comments: 7 August 2020
Target decision date: 17 September 2020
Permission expires: 23 September 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period: 87 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 24 July 2020

Additional information

Documents: 12
Constraints: 5

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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Associated applications

2020
22 Jun
Erection of a two storey pavilion, construction of a 3G playing pitch and 8no. 15 metre high floodlights, 4.5…
This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/20/0841
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 conditionsPart ofS/19/0656
2019
29 Apr
Discharge of conditions 7, 8, 9, 11, 12 and 16 from Planning Permission S/18/0126
Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideS/COND/19/0658

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