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210 Drove Road Swindon SN1 3AG

S/26/0649Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 31 July 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission5 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of Use to a 9 no. bedroom HMO (Sui Generis).

Received
20 May 2026
Ward
Queens Park
  1. Received20 May
  2. Validated4 Jun
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target26 Jul
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 210 Drove Road Swindon SN1 3AG. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 72 days, 3 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Queens Park. 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 3AG
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 June 2026
Consultation expiry
16 July 2026
Consultation start
11 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
25 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 July 2026
Last date for comments
16 July 2026
Target decision date
26 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
FSC
Agent address
FSC Hightrees 362 Marlborough Road Swindon SN31NP

Planning decision

Case officer
Harriet Parker
Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14932274
Documents
6
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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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