The Penthouse One Fifty Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3UZ
Approved on 16 February 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Temporary Change of Use of the 5th floor penthouse from a residential flat (Use Class C3) to office use (Use Class E(g)(i)).
- Received
- 24 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Eastcott
- Agent
- NMW Architects Ltd.
- ReceivedReceived24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated24 Dec
- Consult.Consultation27 Jan
- TargetTarget Date14 Feb
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at The Penthouse One Fifty Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3UZ. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Eastcott. 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 3UZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Central Swindon South
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 6 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 27 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 9 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 16 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- NMW Architects Ltd.
- Architect profile
- NMW ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- The Haven Kingstone Winslow Ashbury Swindon Oxfordshire SN6 8NG United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 16 January 2026
- Site notice start
- 22 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 12 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14490133
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Swindon Prospect PlacePart of the site
- Brownfield land register: Centenary House , 150 147-150 Victoria Road, Old Town , SwindonRegister site at or near this address · +2 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 (20)
flood storage 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.
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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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