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Land To The North Of The A420, Known As South Marston And Rowborough

S/RES/25/1582Reserved MattersApproved

Approved on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Reserved Matters Approved3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Reserved matters application (following planning application S/OUT/13/1555) for details of the access, layout, scale, appearance and landscaping in relation to South Marston Northern electricity substation.

Received
3 December 2025
Ward
St Margaret And South Marston
Agent
David Lock Associates
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.17 Sep
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The North Of The A420, Known As South Marston And Rowborough. Swindon has handled 390 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Swindon's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across St Margaret And South Marston.

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

Application type
Reserved Matters
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
South Marston

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
10 March 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
17 September 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
8 January 2026
Last date for comments
10 March 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
David Lock Associates
Architect profile
DAVID LOCK ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
50 North Thirteenth Street Milton Keynes MK9 3BP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
87 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14531814
Documents
27
Constraints
4

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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