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23 Lampeter Road Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2BP

S/LDP/26/0162Lawful Development Cert - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) Change of use from dwelling house class (C3) to childrens home class (C2) maximum of 2 children.

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Priory Vale
Agent
McLoughlin Planning
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Apr
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 23 Lampeter Road Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2BP. Swindon has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 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.

88% of outline 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
SN25 2BP
Application type
Lawful Development Cert - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Haydon Wick

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Target decision date
2 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
McLoughlin Planning
Agent address
McLoughlin Planning De La Bere House Bayshill Road CHELTENHAM GL50 3AW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Jo Plumridge
Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14690425
Documents
5

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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