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135 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BU

S/26/0376Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission7 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from shop to four self contained apartments.

Received
20 March 2026
Ward
Eastcott
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 135 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BU. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Eastcott. 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 3BU
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Consultation start
26 March 2026
Consultation end
18 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 April 2026
Last date for comments
18 April 2026
Target decision date
14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Keech Design And Build 1 Harbour Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3DL

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14793947
Documents
11
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Source: Swindon

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