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1 Groundwell Road Swindon SN1 2LT

S/25/0425Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 May 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from commercial use (Class E) to form 1no dwelling (Class C3) with rear dormer and associated works. (Previous consent S/24/1045/LZWI and application S/25/0061/LZWI - pending).

Received
28 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastcott
  1. Received28 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.26 Apr
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 1 Groundwell Road Swindon SN1 2LT. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Eastcott. We hold 543 applications in total for the SN1 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
SN1 2LT
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2025
Consultation expiry
26 April 2025
Consultation start
3 April 2025
Consultation end
26 April 2025
Neighbour consultation start
3 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
24 April 2025
Last date for comments
26 April 2025
Target decision date
23 May 2025
Permission expires
27 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Ian Sullivan Architecture Ltd 101 Victoria Road Swindon SN1 3BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Documents
9
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

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.

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