87 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AX

S/TWC/26/0196Tree Works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to Tree within Conservation Area.

Received: 12 February 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Swindon Borough Council
Ward: Old Town

ReceivedReceived12 Feb
ValidatedValidated12 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date26 Mar
DecidedDecided1 Apr

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 87 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AX. Swindon has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Swindon Town Gardens conservation area. 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.

99% of trees 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 4AX
Application type: Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 12 February 2026
Target decision date: 26 March 2026
Permission expires: 1 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: James Peck
Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14700757
Documents: 5
Constraints: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Swindon Town Gardens
SSSI: Great Quarry, Swindon SSSIPart of the site
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 (20)

flood storage 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, 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.

Source: Swindon

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