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Stanley House 64 - 65 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BB

S/26/0053Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)8 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of first floor from office use to 3no. 1-bed, 1-person studio flats, and associated works including the erection of a first floor side/rear extension, the installation of a first floor projecting side/rear balcony with safety barrier on top of support pillars and the use of two rooms on the ground floor as a bin store and communal storage area. Rest of ground floor and the basement to continue to be used as offices.

Received
16 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastcott
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.30 Mar
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Stanley House 64 - 65 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BB. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks 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 3BB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
30 March 2026
Consultation start
16 March 2026
Consultation end
30 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 March 2026
Last date for comments
30 March 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026
Permission expires
2 April 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14620142
Documents
27

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.

Source: Swindon

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