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32 - 34 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP

S/OUT/24/1135Outline Planning ApplicationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 31 March 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Application for Outline Planning Permission for the demolition of the existing building and erection of a 6 storey, mixed use building containing ground floor commercial use and 23 no. self-contained residential units from 1st to 5th floor.

Received
2 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
Agent
UPP Architects + Town Planners
  1. Received2 Oct
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target28 Dec
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 180 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at 32 - 34 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP. Swindon has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 19 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Central. We hold 543 applications in total for the SN1 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
SN1 1BP
Application type
Outline Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
23
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2024
Consultation expiry
6 December 2024
Consultation start
22 November 2024
Consultation end
6 December 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
31 October 2024
Last date for comments
6 December 2024
Target decision date
28 December 2024
Permission expires
31 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
UPP Architects + Town Planners
Agent address
Atrium The Stables Market Chalk Farm Road London NW1 8AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13387760
Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Brownfield land register: Swindon Advertiser OfficesRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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