Skip to content

Land To South And East Of Royal Mail Service Yard Swan Lane Faringdon Oxon SN7 7AF

P03/V0697MajorApproved
Full

Approved on 7 October 2004

Council decision: Planning Permission

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Erection of 53 sheltered apartments for the elderley plus house managers accommodation. Communal facilities together with 11 affordable housing units. Widening of Swan Lane (Part retrospective).

Received
23 April 2003
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided7 Oct

Decided in 525 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land To South And East Of Royal Mail Service Yard Swan Lane Faringdon Oxon SN7 7AF. Vale of White Horse has handled 3,451 applications of this type. This one was decided in 533 days, 68 weeks longer than Vale of White Horse's typical decision time. The site is in the Faringdon conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 2,156 applications in total for the SN7 postcode area.

95% of full applications at Vale of White Horse District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
SN7 7AF
Application type
Major
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
11

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2003
Consultation expiry
11 March 2004
Consultation start
1 May 2003
Consultation end
11 March 2004
Target decision date
26 June 2003

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
No appeal lodged.

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Faringdon Conservation Area
  • 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: Vale of White Horse

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near SN7

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for new homes on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address