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Freshbrook Village Centre, Tesco Express Worsley Road Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8LY

S/23/0155Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 April 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of a new packaged CO2 gas cooler and 2.4 metre high palisade fence enclosure.

Received
8 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lydiard And Freshbrook
  1. Received8 Feb
  2. Validated8 Feb
  3. Consult.10 Mar
  4. Target1 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Freshbrook Village Centre, Tesco Express Worsley Road Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8LY. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks 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 8LY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Swindon

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 February 2023
Consultation expiry
10 March 2023
Consultation start
17 February 2023
Consultation end
10 March 2023
Neighbour consultation start
17 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 March 2023
Last date for comments
10 March 2023
Target decision date
1 April 2023
Permission expires
20 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11920985
Documents
15
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.

Source: Swindon

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