Unit A Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8RU
Approved on 21 July 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Prior Approval Notification for the installation of rooftop Solar PV System.
- Received
- 23 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Swindon Borough Council
- Ward
- Lydiard And Freshbrook
- ReceivedReceived23 Jun
- ValidatedValidated25 Jun
- Consult.Consultation18 Jul
- TargetTarget Date22 Jul
- DecidedDecided21 Jul
Decided in 26 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a solar installation at Unit A Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8RU. Swindon has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 13 applications across Lydiard And Freshbrook. We hold 814 applications in total for the SN5 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
- SN5 8RU
- Application type
- Prior Approval Solar Panels
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- West Swindon
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 18 July 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 27 June 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 18 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 22 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 21 July 2030
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Harriet Parker
- Statutory period
- 27 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14114642
- Documents
- 6
- Constraints
- 4
Site constraints
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)
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 Aug
Addition of 2no. boiler flue chimneys to existing warehouse.
ApprovedApplicationS/26/1037 - 202517 Nov
Removal of condition 4 (Lighting Scheme) from previous application S/25/0965
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)S/25/1496 - 20251 Aug
Erection of an external extension, installation of external tanks and chillers and internal configuration to…
ApprovedFull Planning ApplicationS/25/0965
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