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24 Meadowsweet Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1QX

S/HOU/26/0397Householder planning applicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 20 May 2026

Council decision: Permission Refused2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Retrospective permission for dropped kerb, Garage, reduced ground level and reduce boundary fence to 1.8m.

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
Priory Vale
Agent
Rand Planning Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.18 Apr
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 24 Meadowsweet Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1QX. 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 20 applications across Priory Vale. We hold 195 applications in total for the SN25 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. By way of its prominent siting next to the highway in Windflower Road, as well as its excessive scale and incongruous appearance in the street-scene, the rear garage is detrimental to the design quality and character of the local area. The development’s visual harm would not be overcome by the proposed lowered rear boundary fence. The development fails to demonstrate a high quality of design that is appropriate to the local context contrary to Policy DE1 of the Swindon Borough Local Plan (2026), the Residential Extensions and Alterations Supplementary Planning Document (2011) and section 12 of the NPPF.
  2. The rear garage and rear dropped kerb make insufficient provision for the safety of road users including pedestrians. The development fails to meet the highway safety requirements of Policy TR2 of the Swindon Borough Local Plan as well as the highway safety policy statements in section 9 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN25 1QX
Application type
Householder planning application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haydon Wick

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Consultation expiry
18 April 2026
Consultation start
26 March 2026
Consultation end
18 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 April 2026
Last date for comments
18 April 2026
Target decision date
16 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Rand Planning Consultancy Ltd
Agent address
2 Clardon Lane Purton Purton SWINDON PP-09696382 SN5 4HN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
James Peck
Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14805143
Documents
7
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site

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.

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