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39-41 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RE

S/26/0241Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 April 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission11 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition, change of use and erection of 8 no. Flats (Class C3) and associated works.

Received
23 February 2026
Ward
Central
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated26 Feb
  3. Consult.1 Apr
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided16 Apr

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 39-41 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RE. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days 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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Application details

Postcode
SN1 1RE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 February 2026
Consultation expiry
2 April 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
1 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
10 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
31 March 2026
Last date for comments
2 April 2026
Target decision date
19 April 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 March 2026
Site notice end
2 April 2026

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Thornhill Industrial EstateRegister site at or near this address · +3 more
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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