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99 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5PL

S/25/0700Full Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 19 August 2025

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Retention of Commercial unit on ground floor (Class E) and change of use of first floor to 3 No Flats (class C3) involving extensions, alterations and associated works.

Received
30 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
Agent
Ian Sullivan Architecture Ltd
  1. Received30 May
  2. Validated24 Jun
  3. Consult.18 Jul
  4. Target15 Aug
  5. Decided19 Aug

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 99 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5PL. 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. 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 5PL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 June 2025
Consultation expiry
18 July 2025
Neighbour consultation start
27 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 July 2025
Last date for comments
18 July 2025
Target decision date
15 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ian Sullivan Architecture Ltd
Agent address
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 at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Wakefield House, Pipers Way, Old Town Swindon SN3 1RERegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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