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St Josephs Catholic College Ocotal Way Swindon SN3 3LR

S/COND/25/0675Full Planning ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 27 June 2025

Council decision: Conditions DischargedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Discharge of Condition 4 (Landscaping) of application S/24/1360 - Erection of a detached single-storey temporary building including facilities for a classroom, an office, store, disabled toilet and kitchen

Received
29 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
Agent
Western Building Consultants Ltd
  1. Received29 May
  2. Validated29 May
  3. Consult.26 Jun
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided27 Jun

Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Josephs Catholic College Ocotal Way Swindon SN3 3LR. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 29 days, 3 weeks quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Central. We hold 748 applications in total for the SN3 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
SN3 3LR
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 May 2025
Consultation expiry
26 June 2025
Consultation start
5 June 2025
Consultation end
26 June 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 June 2025
Last date for comments
26 June 2025
Target decision date
20 July 2025
Permission expires
27 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Western Building Consultants Ltd
Architect profile
WESTERN BUILDING CONSULTANTS LIMITED
Agent address
Western House 2 Rush Hill Bath BA2 2QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14015496
Documents
9
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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