Land North Of Blackworth Blackworth Industrial Estate Highworth Swindon SN6 7NA

S/OUT/26/0009Outline Planning ApplicationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved on 2 July 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission38 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Hybrid Planning Application for a mixed used development including detailed planning permission for the provision of access from Blackworth to the site, erection of 90. no dwellings (Use Class C3) public open space, highways and drainage infrastructure and other ancillary works and outline planning permission for a 75 no. bed care home (C2) and a 0.25ha of Employment Space (Use Class E).

Received: 19 December 2025
Council: Swindon Borough Council
Ward: Blunsdon And Highworth
Agent: Grass Roots Planning Ltd

ReceivedReceived19 Dec
ValidatedValidated24 Dec
Consult.Consultation15 Jun
TargetTarget Date3 Jul
DecidedDecided2 Jul

Decided in 190 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a new dwelling at Land North Of Blackworth Blackworth Industrial Estate Highworth Swindon SN6 7NA. Swindon has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 195 days, 21 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Blunsdon And Highworth. We hold 2,845 applications in total for the SN6 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: SN6 7NA
Application type: Outline Planning Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Highworth

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 5 March 2026
Consultation start: 19 February 2026
Consultation end: 15 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 7 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 28 January 2026
Last date for comments: 5 March 2026
Target decision date: 3 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Grass Roots Planning Ltd
Agent address: Grass Roots Planning Ltd Suites 9 And 10 Bristol North Baths Gloucester Road Bristol BS7 8BN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 87 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 16 January 2026

Additional information

Documents: 165

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.

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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