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Lydiard House Lydiard Park Access Road Lydiard Tregoze Swindon SN5 3PA

S/26/0091Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 12 March 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionPlanning committee12 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of part of Lydiard House to a Sixth Form Centre and proposed repair/alterations to accommodate such a provision.

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill
Agent
BBA Architects Ltd.
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated26 Jan
  3. Consult.18 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Lydiard House Lydiard Park Access Road Lydiard Tregoze Swindon SN5 3PA. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill. We hold 814 applications in total for the SN5 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
SN5 3PA
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Parish
West Swindon

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 January 2026
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Consultation start
28 January 2026
Consultation end
18 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2026
Last date for comments
18 February 2026
Target decision date
19 March 2026
Committee meeting
10 March 2026
Permission expires
12 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
BBA Architects Ltd.
Architect profile
BBA ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
The Studio Darlington Wharf Darlington Road Bath BA2 6NL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Elizabeth Williams
Statutory period
52 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14623919
Documents
102
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Listed building: Grade I: Lydiard ParkOn this site · +8 more
  • Registered park and garden: Lydiard ParkPart of the site

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, conservation areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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