78 Drove Road Swindon SN1 3AF
Approved on 2 March 2023
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of a two storey rear extension and detached garage.
- Received
- 31 January 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Eastcott
- ReceivedReceived31 Jan
- ValidatedValidated31 Jan
- Consult.Consultation27 Feb
- TargetTarget Date24 Mar
- DecidedDecided2 Mar
Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 78 Drove Road Swindon SN1 3AF. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Eastcott. We hold 543 applications in total for the SN1 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
- SN1 3AF
- Application type
- Householder planning application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Central Swindon South
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 January 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 27 February 2023
- Consultation start
- 6 February 2023
- Consultation end
- 27 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation start
- 6 February 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 February 2023
- Last date for comments
- 27 February 2023
- Target decision date
- 24 March 2023
- Permission expires
- 2 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 12 Sorrel Close Wootton Bassett Swindon, Wilts SN4 7JG
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
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)
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202329 Aug
Erection of an extension to the detached garage.
ApprovedHouseholderS/HOU/23/1166 - 20229 Aug
Erection of a single storey rear extension.
ApprovedHouseholderS/HOU/22/1267 - 202122 Sep
Prior Approval Notification for the erection of a single storey rear extension measuring 6m (from original…
RefusedHouseholderS/PHOU/21/1541
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