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Horpit Farm Horpit Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AT

S/PAG2R/21/0586Prior Approval Agri to ResidentialApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 May 2021

Council decision: Prior Approval required and givenDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior Approval application for the change of use of 1no. agricultural barn to 1no. dwelling (Class C3) with associated demolition and building works.

Received
20 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Ridgeway
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided17 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for demolition at Horpit Farm Horpit Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AT. Swindon has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 58 days, 9 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Ridgeway. We hold 901 applications in total for the SN4 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
SN4 0AT
Application type
Prior Approval Agri to Residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wanborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2021
Consultation expiry
28 April 2021
Consultation start
7 April 2021
Consultation end
28 April 2021
Neighbour consultation start
7 April 2021
Neighbour consultation end
28 April 2021
Last date for comments
28 April 2021
Target decision date
13 May 2021
Permission expires
17 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
LPC (Trull) Ltd. Trull Tetbury GL8 8SQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09649353
Documents
25

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

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    8 Aug

    Prior Approval Application for the erection of an open sided Agriculture straw storage building.

    ApprovedPrior Approval - All OtherS/PAOTH/25/0998
  2. 2024
    25 Jun

    Erection of an agricultural building for the gathering and handling of cattle. (Retrospective).

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationS/24/0742
  3. 2014
    13 Aug

    Discharge of conditions 1 - 6 from previous permission S/11/1479

    Conditions Partially DischargedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/14/1382
  4. 2011
    25 Oct

    Erection of a herd manager's house and farm office.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationS/11/1479
  5. 2011
    1 Jun

    Erection of a new livestock building and below ground dirty water lagoon.

    ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationS/11/0761
  6. 2003
    12 Aug

    Change of use from straw barn to cattle housing.

    ApprovedPlanning ApplicationS/03/2807

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