4 York Road Swindon SN1 2LE
Refused on 2 October 2025
Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Alteration on existing garage.
- Received
- 7 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Eastcott
- ReceivedReceived7 Aug
- ValidatedValidated8 Aug
- Consult.Consultation30 Aug
- TargetTarget Date29 Sep
- DecidedDecided2 Oct
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at 4 York Road Swindon SN1 2LE. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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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Why it was refused
- The alteration to the garage, by virtue of the proposed height and steep roof pitch, would create a visually dominant and uncharacteristic building that would have a harmful impact upon the character of the surrounding area. The proposed garage is therefore contrary to Policy DE1 of the Swindon Borough Local Plan, alongside the Council's Residential Extensions SPD and the NPPF.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SN1 2LE
- Application type
- Householder planning application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Central Swindon South
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 30 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 8 August 2025
- Consultation end
- 30 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 8 August 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 30 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 30 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 September 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 52 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
- Constraints
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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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