The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Refused on 12 December 2025
Council decision: Permission Refused1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Erection of 60cm high open wooden trellis, on top of existing 1m high close-board wooden garden fence.
- Received
- 16 October 2025
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Ridgeway
- ReceivedReceived16 Oct
- ValidatedValidated17 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Dec
Decided in 56 days
About this application
This is a planning application at The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS. Swindon has handled 4,051 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in the Bishopstone conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Ridgeway. We hold 2,845 applications in total for the SN6 postcode area.
Why it was refused
- The proposed trellis fencing on top of existing close-board timber fencing would harm the character of its traditional village location due to its unsympathetic design and being partially positioned at higher ground level along the western edge of the application site that is visible from the public highway in Icknield Way and from adjacent properties to the south. There is insufficient space between the proposed trellis fencing on top of existing close-board timber fencing and the adjacent public highway in Icknield Way to allow for substantial or viable soft landscaping to screen and mitigate the proposed development’s visual impact from the public realm. Furthermore, the trellis fence’s obtrusive design would cause ‘less than substantial’ harm to the special historic character of the Bishopstone Conservation Area and to the nearby Grade II listed ‘Dingle Cottage’ as designated heritage assets. Insufficient public benefits would arise from the proposed scheme to outweigh the identified ‘less than substantial’ harm to the aforementioned designated heritage assets. The proposal is therefore deemed to be contrary to policies DE1 & EN10 of the Swindon Borough Local Plan (to 2026) and sections 12 & 16 of the NPPF.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SN6 8PS
- Parish
- Bishopstone And Hinton Parva
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- James Peck
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bishopstone
- National Landscape (AONB): North Wessex DownsPart of the site
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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