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31 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR

S/TWC/26/0454Tree Works in a Conservation AreaApproved

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Granted Permission

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to Trees Within Conservation Area. T1 Holly Tree - Reduce branches back to appropriate growth points; Selective target pruning to maintain the tree?s natural form; Remove deadwood and defective material

Received
7 April 2026
Ward
Old Town
Agent
01793 Tree Surgeons Ltd
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided14 May

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 31 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR. Swindon has handled 244 applications of this type. This one was decided in 37 days, 12 days quicker than Swindon's typical decision time. 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 4HR
Application type
Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central Swindon South

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2026
Target decision date
19 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
01793 Tree Surgeons Ltd
Agent address
19 Jenners yard Cricklade Sn66fu United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14837214
Documents
3
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Swindon Town Gardens
  • 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.

© 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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