Science Museum Red Barn Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9NS

S/DEM/25/0531Demolition ApplicationApproved

Prior approval

Approved on 13 June 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval required and givenDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Prior Approval application for the demolition of the Parachute building.

Received: 25 April 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Swindon Borough Council
Ward: Wroughton And Wichelstowe

ReceivedReceived25 Apr
ValidatedValidated25 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 May
DecidedDecided13 Jun

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Science Museum Red Barn Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9NS. Swindon has handled 20 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Wroughton And Wichelstowe. We hold 902 applications in total for the SN4 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: SN4 9NS
Application type: Demolition Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Wroughton

Planning application dates

Date validated: 25 April 2025
Target decision date: 22 May 2025
Permission expires: 12 June 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period: 27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13916573
Documents: 8
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex Downs
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 (21)

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, 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.

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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.

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Source: Swindon

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