Former Pegasus House And Scorpio House Frankland Road Swindon SN5 8RS
Approved on 21 August 2024
Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Hybrid application comprising of an (i) outline application for flexible use within classes B2/B8/E(g)(ii)(iii) with all matters reserved and (ii) a full application for the erection of a Builder's Merchant (sui generis), relocation of the vehicular access, pedestrian path, soft landscaping, reshaping of the Scorpio House yard area with new boundary fence and hard surfacing, two new vehicular accesses within the site; associated works including photovoltaic panels, enclosure for substation/new power supply, new security gates and boundary fencing; covered cycle shelter; plant equipment; installation of retaining wall; external racking and storage to the Builder's Merchant yard; new soft landscaping to the site entrance and around the boundary of the Builder's Merchant yard.
- Received
- 13 May 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Lydiard And Freshbrook
- Agent
- Oxford Architects
- ReceivedReceived13 May
- ValidatedValidated22 May
- Consult.Consultation16 Aug
- TargetTarget Date17 Aug
- DecidedDecided21 Aug
Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Former Pegasus House And Scorpio House Frankland Road Swindon SN5 8RS. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 7 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Lydiard And Freshbrook. We hold 814 applications in total for the SN5 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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Application details
- Postcode
- SN5 8RS
- Application type
- Full Planning Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- West Swindon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 May 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 16 August 2024
- Consultation start
- 2 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 16 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation start
- 22 May 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 13 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 16 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 17 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 21 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Oxford Architects
- Agent address
- The Workshop 254 Southmead Road Bristol BS10 5EN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 87 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 7 June 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12870718
- Documents
- 52
Site constraints
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)
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