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Security Hut Latham Road Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4DL

S/25/1315Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 December 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)10 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition of the existing Security Hut and the construction of a small shop unit on the ground floor and an office above.

Received
17 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Andrews
Agent
OC Architects LLP
  1. Received17 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Dec
  4. Target11 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Security Hut Latham Road Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4DL. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across St Andrews. We hold 195 applications in total for the SN25 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
SN25 4DL
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Andrews

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2025
Consultation expiry
3 December 2025
Consultation start
12 November 2025
Consultation end
3 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
12 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 December 2025
Last date for comments
3 December 2025
Target decision date
11 December 2025
Permission expires
15 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
OC Architects LLP
Agent address
OC Architects LLP 45 Pledell Road Swindon SN1 4DJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14269991
Documents
16
Constraints
6

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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  1. 2026
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    Non Material Amendment to Planning Application S/25/1315

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  2. 2026
    12 Mar

    Discharge of Conditions (5) Cycle Storage (6) Construction Environmental Management Plan (7) Lighting Scheme…

    Conditions DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/0332
  3. 2025
    17 Oct

    Demolition of the existing Security Hut and the construction of a small shop unit on the ground floor and an…

    This applicationApprovedFullS/25/1315

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