Planning application
Units 3, 5, 7 & 17 Carriage Works London Street Swindon SN1 5DG
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of Unit 7 (Storage and Collection of Waste) from former railway shed to a higher education facility (class F1) and change of use of lower ground floor unit 7 to Class E(g)(i) Offices and lower ground floor units 3, 5 & 17 to E(g)(i) Offices/ Class E(a) or E(b) retail uses, installation of a mezzanine floor and associated works.
As published by the council, reference S/21/1364
Application record
- Reference
- S/21/1364
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Application Granted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 13 Aug 2021
- Validated
- 19 Aug 2021
- Decided
- 14 Feb 2022
- Ward
- Central
- Parish
- Central Swindon South
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SN1 5DG
Site history
Applications at this address on the Swindon register
This site has had 4 applications since 2021: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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S/COND/23/0310 Granted
Units 3, 5, 7 & 17 Carriage Works London Street Swindon SN1 5DG
Discharge of conditions 3, 4, 5 and 7 (Parking and Waste) following planning permission S/21/1364 - Change of use of Unit 7 (Storage and Collection of Waste) from former railway shed to a higher education facility (class F1) and change of use of lower ground floor unit 7 to Class E(g)(i) Offices and lower ground floor units 3, 5 & 17 to E(g)(i) Offices/ Class E(a) or E(b) retail uses, installation of a mezzanine floor and associated works.
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S/COND/22/1412 Granted
Units 3, 5, 7 & 17 Carriage Works London Street Swindon SN1 5DG
Discharge of condition 6 (Internal Details) from previous permission S/LBC/21/1365.
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S/LBC/21/1365 Granted
Units 3, 5, 7 & 17 Carriage Works London Street Swindon SN1 5DG
Demolition of partitions and construction of new steel framed mezzanine structure, with glazed rooms underneath to upper ground floor of Unit 7; the removal of existing partition in unit 3 and construction of new studwork and partition to form two office units, each with a single entrance; installation of new WCs and kitchenette on lower ground floor of Units 3, 5 and 7. Works to unit 17 to form a single office unit, with access from London Street; structural works and façade repairs, including replacement of glazing to clear glass in units 3, 5 and 17 with secondary opaque glazing on second floor; new mechanical and electrical services and works to repair and re-instate wooden cabins abutting the south wall.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Aug 2021
Received by Swindon
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19 Aug 2021
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Feb 2022
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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6 Oct 2026
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Metropolitan Workshop Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2005 · London
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