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48 Frobisher Drive Walcot Swindon SN3 3AJ

S/25/0856Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 September 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of land from public open space to residential.

Received
10 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Walcot And Park North
  1. Received10 Jul
  2. Validated29 Jul
  3. Consult.21 Aug
  4. Target19 Sep
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 48 Frobisher Drive Walcot Swindon SN3 3AJ. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 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 10 applications across Walcot And Park North. We hold 748 applications in total for the SN3 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
SN3 3AJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 July 2025
Consultation expiry
21 August 2025
Consultation start
31 July 2025
Consultation end
21 August 2025
Neighbour consultation start
31 July 2025
Neighbour consultation end
21 August 2025
Last date for comments
21 August 2025
Target decision date
19 September 2025
Permission expires
15 September 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14161930
Documents
11
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.

  • 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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