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Market House 2 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1QY

S/26/0290Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 6 May 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use of a first floor office unit (Class E) to a tattoo studio (Sui Generis).

Received
6 March 2026
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received6 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Apr
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Market House 2 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1QY. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Old Town. We hold 748 applications in total for the SN3 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
SN3 1QY
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Consultation expiry
12 April 2026
Consultation start
20 March 2026
Consultation end
12 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
12 April 2026
Last date for comments
12 April 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Clare Wood
Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14754576
Documents
6
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: The Forum, Marlborough Road, SwindonRegister site at or near this address · +2 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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