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Electricity Sub Station 81M From The Carphone Warehouse Bridge House Wootton Bassett Road Swindon SN5 8WF

S/LDP/26/0589Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 9 July 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for the installation of two new 90MVA transformers to replace existing 45MVA transformers, including associated foundations/plinths, protection equipment, substation interface works, demolition and replacement of the existing switchroom/switchhouse and associated works.

Received
11 May 2026
Ward
Rodbourne Ferndale & Western
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Electricity Sub Station 81M From The Carphone Warehouse Bridge House Wootton Bassett Road Swindon SN5 8WF. Swindon has handled 4,055 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 43 applications across Rodbourne Ferndale & Western. We hold 814 applications in total for the SN5 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SN5 8WF
Parish
West Swindon

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Shane Burgess

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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