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Apsley House Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BH

S/TWC/26/0398Tree Works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 30 April 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to Tree within Conservation Area.

Received
25 March 2026
Ward
Eastcott
Agent
SJ Stephens Associates Ltd
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at Apsley House Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BH. Swindon has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. The site is in the Swindon Old Town conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. 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 3BH
Application type
Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 March 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
SJ Stephens Associates Ltd
Agent address
SJ Stephens Associates Ltd 21 Stokke Common Great Bedwyn Marlborough SN8 3LL

Planning decision

Case officer
James Peck
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14807692
Documents
4
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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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