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14 Lagos Street Swindon SN1 2BU

S/HOU/25/1248Householder planning applicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 14 January 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of balcony to first floor rear (part retrospective).

Received
1 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received1 Oct
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.17 Dec
  4. Target16 Jan
  5. Decided14 Jan

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 14 Lagos Street Swindon SN1 2BU. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 8 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Central. 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

  1. The proposed rear balcony by virtue of its positioning would cause unacceptable harm to neighbours' residential amenity due to an increase in the degree of overlooking and loss of privacy. As such the development would be contrary to policy DE1 of the adopted Swindon Borough Local Plan 2026 and the policies of the National Planning Policy, the Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD (2011) and the NPPF (2024).
  2. The proposed rear balcony would introduce an incongruous architectural characteristic to the area. As such the development would be contrary to policy DE1 of the adopted Swindon Borough Local Plan 2026 and the policies of the National Planning Policy, the Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD (2011) and the NPPF (2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN1 2BU
Application type
Householder planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2025
Consultation expiry
17 December 2025
Consultation start
26 November 2025
Consultation end
17 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
26 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
17 December 2025
Last date for comments
17 December 2025
Target decision date
16 January 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14366344
Documents
9
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 3-5 Lagos Street, Swindon, SN1 2BURegister site at or near this address
  • 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, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

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.

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.

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