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Levels 5 And 6 Brunel West Car Park Farnsby Street Swindon SN1 5AN

S/26/0348Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 5 June 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed change of use of upper floors of car park (levels 5 & 6) for a range of flexible uses - film location (Sui Generis Use) or leisure, recreation, cultural and community uses (Use Classes E(d) and F.2(b)&(c)).

Received
17 March 2026
Ward
Central
Agent
LPC (Trull) Ltd
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated17 Mar
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jun

Decided in 80 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Levels 5 And 6 Brunel West Car Park Farnsby Street Swindon SN1 5AN. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 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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Application details

Postcode
SN1 5AN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 March 2026
Consultation expiry
9 April 2026
Consultation start
18 March 2026
Consultation end
8 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 April 2026
Last date for comments
9 April 2026
Target decision date
5 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
LPC (Trull) Ltd
Agent address
LPC (Trull) Ltd Trull Tetbury Gloucestershire GL8 8SQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Adam Hinchcliff-Walz
Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14654171
Documents
25
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Coal Yard, Signal WayRegister site at or near this address
  • 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.

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