Planning application
Unit 9 Lancaster Place Copse Farm Business Park Swindon SN3 4FP
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of Use from a vacant office block (Use Class E) to a care home (Use Class C2), extensions to the existing building and associated works.
As published by the council, reference S/25/1284
Application record
- Reference
- S/25/1284
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Application Granted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 9 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 9 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 8 Jan 2026
- Ward
- St Margaret And South Marston
- Parish
- South Marston
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SN3 4FP
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Oct 2025
Received by Swindon
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8 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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12 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Pinnacle Architecture Ltd Agent, an architecture practice
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39 documents on file for this application
- LIABILITY_NOTICE_REDACTED.
- 111 COLDHARBOUR LANE, LONDON
- ADVER LIST 05.12.25
- ADDITIONAL SBC HIGHWAY COMMENTS
- RESPONSE TO PLANNING QUERIES
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER COMMENTS
- COUNCILLOR MATTHEW VALLENDER
- UNIT 7 LANCASTER PLACE, SOUTH MARSTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SWINDON
- HIGHWAYS COMMENTS
- UNIT 7 LANCASTER PLACE, SOUTH MARSTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, SWINDON
- DRAINAGE COMMENTS
- SOUTH MARSTON PARISH COUNCIL
- DORSET & WILTSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE
- ECOLOGIST COMMENTS
- COUNCILLOR MATTHEW VALLENDER
- ECOLOGIST COMMENTS
- CONSERVATION OFFICER COMMENTS
- ADULT SERVICES
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN - EXISTING
- FIRST FLOOR PLAN - EXISTING
- ELEVATIONS - EXISTING
- SECTIONS - EXISTING
- SITE/BLOCK PLAN - EXISTING
- GROUND FLOOR PLAN - PROPOSED
- FIRST FLOOR PLAN - PROPOSED
- SECOND FLOOR FLOOR PLAN - PROPOSED
- ELEVATIONS - PROPOSED SHEET 1
- ELEVATIONS - PROPOSED SHEET 2
- SECTIONS - PROPOSED
- ROOF PLAN - PROPOSED
- SITE/BLOCK PLAN - PROPOSED
- LOCATION PLAN
- LANDSCAPE & ECOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT SCHEME
- ARBORICULTURE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- TREE PROTECTION PLAN
- PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL
- BIODIVERSITY METRIC CONDITION ASSESSMENT
- BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL
- DESIGN, ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swindon granted permission on 8 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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