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Focal Point 27 - 35 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RQ

S/PAOTH/26/0188Prior Approval - All OtherApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 10 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval required and given10 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Prior Notification requirement under Part MA of the GPDO for the change of use of Class E space to form 56 apartments.

Received
13 February 2026
Ward
Central
Agent
Allen Planning Ltd
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.25 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided10 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Focal Point 27 - 35 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RQ. Swindon has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 1RQ
Application type
Prior Approval - All Other
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
56
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
25 March 2026
Consultation start
11 March 2026
Consultation end
25 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 March 2026
Last date for comments
25 March 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Allen Planning Ltd
Agent address
Allen Planning Ltd Harrogate Business Centre Hammerain House Hookstone Avenue Harrogate HG2 8ER

Planning decision

Statutory period
52 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14690173
Documents
29
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: Thornhill Industrial EstateRegister site at or near this address · +3 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Sep

    Discharge of Condition (7) Noise impact, from previous application S/PAOTH/26/0188

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsS/COND/26/1096
  2. 2026
    13 Feb

    Prior Notification requirement under Part MA of the GPDO for the change of use of Class E space to form 56…

    This applicationApprovedOutlineS/PAOTH/26/0188

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    17 Sep

    External alterations.

    ApprovedApplicationS/26/1161

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