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4 Lakeside Old Town Swindon SN3 1QE

S/HOU/26/0273Householder planning applicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 8 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of first floor and single storey rear extensions, single storey front extension and dormer windows to front and rear.

Received
2 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target24 Apr
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 4 Lakeside Old Town Swindon SN3 1QE. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Old Town. We hold 748 applications in total for the SN3 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
SN3 1QE
Application type
Householder planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2026
Consultation expiry
24 March 2026
Consultation start
3 March 2026
Consultation end
24 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
3 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
24 March 2026
Last date for comments
24 March 2026
Target decision date
24 April 2026
Permission expires
8 April 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
87 Berrall Way Billingshurst West Sussex RH14 9PQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Shane Burgess
Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Documents
16
Constraints
3

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.

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.

Source: Swindon

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