Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon

S/COND/24/0889Discharge of Condition ApplicationApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 6 January 2025

Council decision: Conditions DischargedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Discharge of conditions for Unit 3 only, (17) lighting (20) acoustic noise (21) operational noise (42) drainage (46) energy from previous application S/OUT/22/0284 -Hybrid application for the development of car manufacturing plant including Outline details (all matters reserved) for employment development including flexible Class E (g)/B2 general industrial/B8 storage and distribution uses and a multipurpose hub building, including associated development, accesses, earthworks and infrastructure and, Full details for the demolition of all buildings, alterations to existing northern and southern accesses, construction of internal estate roads, strategic structural landscaping, drainage infrastructure, earthworks and erection of a Class B8 warehouse and associated development, accesses and infrastructure.

Received: 31 July 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Swindon Borough Council
Ward: St Margaret And South Marston

ReceivedReceived31 Jul
ValidatedValidated31 Jul
Consult.Consultation2 Dec
TargetTarget Date25 Sep
DecidedDecided6 Jan

Decided in 159 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon. Swindon has handled 321 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 16 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 18 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 64 applications across St Margaret And South Marston.

96% of conditions 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

Application type: Discharge of Condition Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Stratton St Margaret

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 July 2024
Consultation expiry: 2 December 2024
Consultation start: 18 November 2024
Consultation end: 2 December 2024
Last date for comments: 2 December 2024
Target decision date: 25 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Stantec
Agent address: Stantec 2 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling ME19 4AQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13211099
Documents: 25
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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Also checked, none recorded (22)

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