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Wh Smith Headquarters Wh Smith Site Greenbridge Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 3JE

S/OUT/25/1187Full Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 December 2025

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)31 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Outline planning application with details of access (matters of layout, scale, landscaping and appearance are reserved), comprising the demolition of existing distribution warehouse and offices, the erection of up to 228 residential dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated works. - Variation of conditions: 7 (Construction Management Plan), 9 (Street Management & Maintenance), 15 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme), 20 (Landscape & Ecological Management Plan), 23 (Contamination), 24 (Remediation Scheme) and removal of condition 22 (Design Code) from previous application S/OUT/20/1390.

Received
23 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Margaret And South Marston
  1. Received23 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided18 Dec

Decided in 86 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Wh Smith Headquarters Wh Smith Site Greenbridge Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 3JE. Swindon has handled 1,789 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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
SN3 3JE
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
228
Parish
Stratton St Margaret

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Consultation expiry
16 October 2025
Consultation start
25 September 2025
Consultation end
16 October 2025
Neighbour consultation start
25 September 2025
Neighbour consultation end
16 October 2025
Last date for comments
16 October 2025
Target decision date
19 December 2025
Permission expires
18 December 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Newmark
Agent address
Newmark 1 Marsden Street Manchester M2 1HW

Planning decision

Case officer
Tom Buxton
Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14263744
Documents
16
Constraints
4

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.

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