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Park Youth And Sports Centre Oakfield Campus Marlowe Avenue Swindon SN3 3HQ

S/DEM/24/1204Demolition ApplicationApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 1 November 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval application for the demolition of the Evening Centre building.

Received
14 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Walcot And Park North
Agent
Eric Cole Ltd
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated18 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Nov
  5. Decided1 Nov

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Park Youth And Sports Centre Oakfield Campus Marlowe Avenue Swindon SN3 3HQ. Swindon has handled 20 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 10 applications across Walcot And Park North. We hold 747 applications in total for the SN3 postcode area.

93% of all 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 3HQ
Application type
Demolition Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 October 2024
Target decision date
14 November 2024
Permission expires
31 October 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Eric Cole Ltd
Architect profile
ERIC COLE LTD
Agent address
Eagle Suite The Wheelhouse Bond's Mill Stonehouse GL10 3RF

Planning decision

Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Documents
8
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

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© 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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