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135 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BU

S/26/0082Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 10 March 2026

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

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from shop premises to four self-contained apartments.

Received
22 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Eastcott
Agent
keech design and build
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target15 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 135 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BU. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. There has been 1 other application 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposals fail to provide acceptable living conditions for future residents by falling in excess of 10% below the required sizes contained within the Nationally Described Space Standards and therefore fails to accord with policy DE1 of the Swindon Borough Local Plan and the associated Swindon Residential Design Guide SPD.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN1 3BU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 February 2026
Consultation start
23 January 2026
Consultation end
13 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 February 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
15 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
keech design and build
Agent address
Keech Design And Build 1 Harbour Close Swindon SN25 3DL

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14626419
Documents
10
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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 Mar

    Change of use from shop to four self contained apartments.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationS/26/0376

Source: Swindon

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