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Oakfield Campus Marlowe Avenue Swindon SN3 3HQ

S/25/1665Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee15 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of 16 new affordable housing dwellings consisting of 10 flats and 6 houses, with associated landscaping.

Received
22 December 2025
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Walcot And Park North
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated5 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 100 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Oakfield Campus Marlowe Avenue Swindon SN3 3HQ. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 9 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 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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Application details

Postcode
SN3 3HQ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
16
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 January 2026
Consultation expiry
17 March 2026
Consultation start
3 March 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 March 2026
Last date for comments
17 March 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026
Committee meeting
14 April 2026
Permission expires
15 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Police Station First Floor 21 High Street Stonehouse GL10 2NG

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 January 2026
Site notice start
12 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14544394
Documents
52

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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