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25 Gainsborough Way Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8PL

S/HOU/18/2010Householder planning applicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 1 February 2019

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of flat roofed garage into pitched roofed annexe.

Received
23 November 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Lydiard And Freshbrook
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated23 Nov
  3. Consult.10 Jan
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 25 Gainsborough Way Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8PL. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Lydiard And Freshbrook. We hold 814 applications in total for the SN5 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
SN5 8PL
Application type
Householder planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
West Swindon

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 November 2018
Consultation expiry
10 January 2019
Consultation start
17 December 2018
Consultation end
10 January 2019
Neighbour consultation start
17 December 2018
Neighbour consultation end
10 January 2019
Last date for comments
10 January 2019
Target decision date
14 January 2019
Permission expires
1 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
12 Sorrel Close Royal Wootton Bassett Swindon, Wilts SN4 7JG

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Documents
12

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.

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