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1 Blagrove House 2 - 3 Newport Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3DX

S/PAOTH/26/0008Prior Approval - All OtherRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Refused2 reasons for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior approval application for the erection of a third and fourth storey to provide an additional 9 residential units.

Received
6 January 2026
Ward
Old Town
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated5 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target6 Mar
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 1 Blagrove House 2 - 3 Newport Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3DX. Swindon has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Old Town. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The application fails to comply with criteria AB.1 (g) within Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AB of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).
  2. The application fails to comply with criteria AB.2 (3) within Schedule 2, Part 20, Class AB of The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SN1 3DX
Application type
Prior Approval - All Other
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 February 2026
Consultation expiry
11 February 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
2 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
21 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 February 2026
Last date for comments
11 February 2026
Target decision date
6 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
HOMZ UK
Agent address
HOMZ UK 170 Kennington Lane London SE11 5DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14563264
Documents
40
Constraints
3

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.

Source: Swindon

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