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86 Manchester Road Swindon SN1 2AJ

S/26/0114Full Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 9 April 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of flue (retrospective)

Received
30 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
Agent
Ben Williams Home Design and Architectural Services
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.9 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 86 Manchester Road Swindon SN1 2AJ. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Central. 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 proposal results in an unsympathetic and visually intrusive addition that causes harm to the appearance of the host building and the street scene. The development is therefore contrary to paragraph 135(c) of the National Planning Policy Framework (2024) and policies SD1 and DE1 of the Swindon Borough Local Plan.
  2. In the absence of any noise or odour assessment to demonstrate otherwise, it has not been demonstrated that the development would not give rise to undue harm to the amenity of nearby users and occupants. As such, the development could give rise to undue harm to the amenity of nearby users and occupants and is therefore contrary to Policies SD1 and DE1 of the Local Plan and paragraph 135(f) of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN1 2AJ
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Ben Williams Home Design and Architectural Services
Agent address
7 Hartington Place Carlisle CA1 1HL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Shane Burgess
Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14658753
Documents
18
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.

Source: Swindon

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