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Former Pegasus House And Scorpio House Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8YG

S/25/0665Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 July 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment of existing Scorpio House, including external re-cladding works, in conjunction with provision of an extension to the northern elevation to provide additional floor space for retained B2/B8 use class; Construction of Use Class E(b) hot drinks / food cafe with drive through facility.

Received
28 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lydiard And Freshbrook
Agent
Oxford Architects
  1. Received28 May
  2. Validated3 Jun
  3. Consult.25 Jun
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Former Pegasus House And Scorpio House Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8YG. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days 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 8YG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Swindon

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 June 2025
Consultation expiry
25 June 2025
Consultation start
4 June 2025
Consultation end
25 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 June 2025
Last date for comments
25 June 2025
Target decision date
25 July 2025
Permission expires
24 July 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Oxford Architects
Agent address
The Workshop 254 Southmead Road Bristol BS10 5EN

Planning decision

Case officer
James Repper
Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13919459
Documents
41

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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