Unit 48-51 Thornhill Industrial Estate South Marston Swindon SN3 4TA
Approved on 15 April 2026
Council decision: Granted Permission8 conditions
Proposal
Change of use to vehicle pre-delivery inspection centre (Sui Generis), creation of additional car parking and demolition of 1 no. building.
- Received
- 24 December 2025
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- St Margaret And South Marston
- ReceivedReceived24 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 Mar
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 93 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at Unit 48-51 Thornhill Industrial Estate South Marston Swindon SN3 4TA. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 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 63 applications across St Margaret And South Marston. 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 4TA
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- South Marston
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 13 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 27 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 13 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 4 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 25 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 13 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- James Norton RIBA
- Agent address
- 111B Shirebrook Road Sheffield S8 9RF
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14572699
- Documents
- 26
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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.
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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Associated applications
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PendingDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/0787 - 202524 Dec
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This applicationApprovedFullS/25/1680
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Contractors near this project
Find contractors for demolition near this site- Cotswold ElectricalElectrician0.1 mi
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