Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon

S/COND/25/1347Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 27 November 2025

Council decision: Conditions Discharged

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Discharge of Conditions (28) Trees (31) Bats & Demolition 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: 20 October 2025
Council: Swindon Borough Council
Ward: St Margaret And South Marston

ReceivedReceived20 Oct
ValidatedValidated20 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided27 Nov

Decided in 38 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon. Swindon has handled 4,051 applications of this type. This one was decided in 38 days, 11 days quicker 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.

Application details

Parish: Stratton St Margaret

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Ralph Chakadya

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

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