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18 Rainer Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4YA

S/LDP/26/0199Lawful Development Cert - ProposedRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 March 2026

Council decision: Permission RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) erection of single storey rear extension - materials to match existing.

Received
16 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Margaret And South Marston
Agent
Home Plan Design Services
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided2 Mar

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 18 Rainer Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4YA. Swindon has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 14 days, 5 weeks quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across St Margaret And South Marston. We hold 747 applications in total for the SN3 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development fails to comply with the relevant conditions, limitations and restrictions of Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A applicable to development permitted by the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN3 4YA
Application type
Lawful Development Cert - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stratton St Margaret

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Target decision date
9 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Home Plan Design Services
Agent address
Home Plan Design Services 27B High Street Highworth Swindon Wiltshire SN6 7AG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Case officer
Harriet Parker
Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14704146
Documents
8
Constraints
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.

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    9 Mar

    Erection of single storey rear extension.

    ApprovedHouseholderS/HOU/26/0308

Source: Swindon

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