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73 Homington Avenue Swindon SN3 6FJ

S/25/1364Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 17 December 2025

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application for change use, from being a residential house to a children's home - housing a maximum of 2 children between the ages of 7 and 16 at any one time.

Received
23 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Chiseldon And Lawn
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.18 Nov
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided17 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 73 Homington Avenue Swindon SN3 6FJ. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Chiseldon And Lawn. We hold 747 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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Why it was refused

  1. The change of use of the dwellinghouse would result in an intensification of use above that of an a typical dwellinghouse. The proposed tandem parking arrangements and shift patterns would lead to an increase in noise at unsociable hours. This would have a detrimental impact on the amenity of neighbouring properties. The proposed change of use is therefore contrary to Policy DE1 of the Swindon Borough Local Plan, alongside the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN3 6FJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Consultation expiry
18 November 2025
Consultation start
28 October 2025
Consultation end
18 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
28 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
18 November 2025
Last date for comments
18 November 2025
Target decision date
14 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14402631
Documents
25
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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