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Parking Area Sussex Place Somerville Road Walcot Swindon

S/23/0818Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 7 August 2023

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Siting of a hot food van in parking area.

Received
23 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Walcot And Park North
  1. Received23 May
  2. Validated23 May
  3. Consult.20 Jul
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 76 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Parking Area Sussex Place Somerville Road Walcot Swindon. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Walcot And Park North.

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

Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 May 2023
Consultation expiry
20 July 2023
Consultation start
29 June 2023
Consultation end
20 July 2023
Neighbour consultation start
29 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
20 July 2023
Last date for comments
20 July 2023
Target decision date
14 July 2023
Permission expires
7 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Sorrel Close Wootton Bassett Swindon, Wilts SN4 7JG

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Documents
10
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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.

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