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Spectrum House Mead Way Swindon

S/LBC/26/0037Approved

Approved on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to facilitate the change of use of the building from storage and distribution (Class B8) and children's soft-play and adventure golf course facility (Sui Generis) to general industrial (Class B2)) to include internal and external building refurbishment and alterations, erection of security fencing and other site-wide maintenance works.

Received
14 January 2026
  1. Received14 Jan
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 42 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Spectrum House Mead Way Swindon. Swindon has handled 4,046 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address.

Application details

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    8 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 3 - Level 3 Recording of Northern Elevation from previous application S/LBC/26/0037

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/1124
  2. 2026
    18 Aug

    Discharge of Condition 4 - Relocation of black framed partitions from previous application S/LBC/26/0037

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/1028
  3. 2026
    29 May

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Black Framed Partitions) from previous application S/LBC/26/0037

    PendingDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/0693
  4. 2026
    14 Jan

    Change of use of the building from storage and distribution (Class B8) and children's soft-play/adventure…

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationFiled alongsideS/26/0036
  5. 2026
    14 Jan

    Works to facilitate the change of use of the building from storage and distribution (Class B8) and children's…

    This applicationApprovedApplicationS/LBC/26/0037

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    4 Nov

    Discharge of Condition (6) Travel plan, from previous application S/26/0036

    PendingDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/1369
  2. 2026
    21 Oct

    Discharge of Conditions 8 (Cycle Parking), 9 (Parking Management Plan), 10 (Delivery & Servicing Management…

    PendingDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/1297
  3. 2026
    27 Apr

    Ground and first floor internal alterations.

    ApprovedListed building consentS/LBC/26/0532
  4. 2026
    1 Apr

    Discharge of Condition (17) Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan from previous application S/26/0036

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/0440
  5. 2026
    1 Apr

    Discharge of Condition (16) Biodiversity Enhancement Management Plan from previous application

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/0439
  6. 2026
    1 Apr

    Discharge of Condition (14) Construction Environmental Management Plan from previous application S/26/0036

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/0438

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