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RWE Generation UK Windmill Hill Business Park Trigonos Whitehill Way Swindon SN5 6PB

S/23/0015Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 28 March 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Refurbishment and internal alterations of fitness suite, reconstruction of existing plant room and new drying room. Erection of a new entrance ramp, accessible parking bay and paving.

Received
6 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lydiard And Freshbrook
Agent
Studio Lime Architects
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided28 Mar

Decided in 81 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at RWE Generation UK Windmill Hill Business Park Trigonos Whitehill Way Swindon SN5 6PB. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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
6 January 2023
Consultation expiry
24 March 2023
Consultation start
3 March 2023
Consultation end
24 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2023
Last date for comments
24 March 2023
Target decision date
27 February 2023
Permission expires
28 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Studio Lime Architects
Architect profile
STUDIO LIME LTD
Agent address
Studio Lime Architects 45 Colston Street Bristol BS1 5AX

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11782219
Documents
23
Constraints
4

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    9 May

    Discharge of Condition (3) Arboricultural Method Statement from previous application S/23/0015

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/25/0583
  2. 2023
    6 Jan

    Refurbishment and internal alterations of fitness suite, reconstruction of existing plant room and new drying…

    This applicationApprovedFullS/23/0015

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