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55 - 61 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS

S/22/1803Approved

Approved on 9 October 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission11 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Subdivision of existing retail units to form 8 no. retail units (Class E), part change of use of the ground floor to a hall/meeting place and ancillary commercial storage; flexible commercial use at first-floor level (Class E(c), E(d), E(e), E(f), F1(f) and F2(b)), erection of an additional two storeys to provide 28 no. apartments (Class C3), and associated works.

Received
19 December 2022
Public comments
0 · last counted 6 November 2026
Ward
Central
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 1390 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 55 - 61 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS. Swindon has handled 4,055 applications of this type. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

Application details

Postcode
SN1 1JS
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2022

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
IAN SULLIVAN ARCHITECTURE LTD

Planning decision

Case officer
Ralph Chakadya

Additional information

Documents
23

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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