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23 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AS

S/26/0205Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission5 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from Class E to 1 no. dwelling (Class C3) and associated works.

Received
13 February 2026
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.20 Mar
  4. Target12 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 23 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AS. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in the Swindon Old Town conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Old Town. 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 4AS
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation start
27 February 2026
Consultation end
20 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
27 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
20 March 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
12 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Ian Sullivan Architecture Ltd 101 Victoria Road Swindon SN1 3BD

Planning decision

Case officer
Shane Burgess
Statutory period
52 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 March 2026
Site notice start
4 March 2026
Site notice end
25 March 2026

Additional information

Documents
14
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Swindon Old Town
  • Listed building: Grade II: 21-29, Bath RoadOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Feb

    Change of use from Class E to 1 no. dwelling (Class C3) and associated works.

    This applicationApprovedFullS/26/0205
  2. 2026
    13 Feb

    Change of use from Class E to 1 no. dwelling (Class C3) and associated works.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideS/LBC/26/0206

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