34 Union Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3LD

S/TWC/26/0279Tree Works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 31 March 2026

Council decision: Granted PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to Tree within Conservation Area.

Received: 3 March 2026
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: Swindon Borough Council
Ward: Eastcott

ReceivedReceived3 Mar
ValidatedValidated3 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 Apr
DecidedDecided31 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 34 Union Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3LD. Swindon has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in the Swindon Prospect Place conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across Eastcott. 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 3LD
Application type: Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size: Small
Parish: South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 March 2026
Target decision date: 14 April 2026
Permission expires: 31 March 2028

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Adam Hinchcliff-Walz
Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14748134
Documents: 4
Constraints: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Swindon Prospect Place
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, 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.

Source: Swindon

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