157 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HX
Withdrawn on 15 May 2026
Council decision: Application Withdrawn
Proposal
Change of use from private dwelling (Class C3) to Children's home (Class C2).
- Received
- 23 March 2026
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Old Town
- Agent
- Edward Tucker Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived23 Mar
- ValidatedValidated23 Mar
- Consult.Consultation29 Apr
- TargetTarget Date14 May
- DecidedDecided15 May
Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 157 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HX. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 53 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Swindon Town Gardens conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Old Town. 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 4HX
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- South Swindon Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 29 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 8 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 29 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 29 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 14 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Edward Tucker Architecture Ltd
- Agent address
- 16 Dorcan Business Village Murdock Road Swindon SN3 5HY United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Edward Snook
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 17 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14732365
- Documents
- 39
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Swindon Town Gardens
- 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, 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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