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35 Wood Street Old Town Swindon SN1 4AN

S/26/0432Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 May 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission5 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Subdivision of part ground floor (Class E) and change of use of first and second floor levels to form 3 no. Flats (Class C3) and associated works.

Received
31 March 2026
Ward
Old Town & Lawn
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided27 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 35 Wood Street Old Town Swindon SN1 4AN. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in the Swindon Old Town conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Old Town & Lawn. 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 4AN
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2026
Consultation expiry
11 May 2026
Consultation start
7 April 2026
Consultation end
28 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
28 April 2026
Last date for comments
11 May 2026
Target decision date
23 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Ian Sullivan Architecture Ltd 101 Victoria Road Swindon SN1 3BD

Planning decision

Case officer
James Repper
Statutory period
52 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 April 2026
Site notice start
20 April 2026
Site notice end
11 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
12
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Swindon Old Town
  • Listed building: Grade II: 31, Wood StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Nov

    Discharge of Condition 5 from previous application S/26/0432

    PendingDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/1352
  2. 2026
    31 Mar

    Subdivision of part ground floor (Class E) and change of use of first and second floor levels to form 3 no…

    This applicationApprovedFullS/26/0432

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