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Electron Building Windmill Hill Business Park Swindon SN5 6PB

S/20/1697Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 February 2021

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Refurbishment and remodeling of existing office building with works including corner glazing amendments, solar shading installation, curtain wall and rooflight replacement, extension of entrance lobby, external forecourt landscaping amendments, pathway improvements and resurfacing.

Received
24 December 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lydiard And Freshbrook
Agent
Angus Meek Architects
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated24 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided17 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Electron Building Windmill Hill Business Park Swindon SN5 6PB. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Lydiard And Freshbrook. 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 6PB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Swindon

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 December 2020
Consultation expiry
11 February 2021
Consultation start
21 January 2021
Consultation end
11 February 2021
Last date for comments
11 February 2021
Target decision date
14 February 2021
Permission expires
17 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Angus Meek Architects
Architect profile
ANGUS MEEK PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Agent address
Angus Meek Architects Cedar Yard 290A Gloucester Road Bishopston Bristol BS7 8PD

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09359074
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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 (22)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Swindon

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