Qnap UK Limited (Unit 2) Drakes Meadow Swindon SN3 3LL
Approved on 5 May 2026
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
Proposal
Part change of use from office to storage including delivery gate and canopy with internal alterations and installation of PV panels on roof - Variation of Condition 2 (Plans) from previous permission S/24/1197 to provide a maintenance railing for safe access of the roof.
- Received
- 18 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Central
- Agent
- O/I Design Ltd
- ReceivedReceived18 Mar
- ValidatedValidated19 Mar
- Consult.Consultation12 Apr
- TargetTarget Date10 May
- DecidedDecided5 May
Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Qnap UK Limited (Unit 2) Drakes Meadow Swindon SN3 3LL. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Central. We hold 747 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 3LL
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- South Swindon Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 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
- 10 May 2026
- Permission expires
- 5 May 2029
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- O/I Design Ltd
- Architect profile
- O/I DESIGN LIMITED
- Agent address
- O/I Design Ltd Unit P15 221 Grove Road London E3 5SN
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Shane Burgess
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14773821
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
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.
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