Planning application
Unit 48-51 Thornhill Industrial Estate South Marston Swindon SN3 4TA
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use to vehicle pre-delivery inspection centre (Sui Generis), creation of additional car parking and demolition of 1 no. building.
As published by the council, reference S/25/1680
Application record
- Reference
- S/25/1680
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Application Granted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 24 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 12 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 15 Apr 2026
- Ward
- St Margaret And South Marston
- Parish
- South Marston
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- SN3 4TA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Swindon register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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S/COND/26/0787 Granted
Unit 48 - 51 Thornhill Industrial Estate South Marston Swindon SN3 4TA
Discharge of Condition 3 (Precautionary Working Method Statement) and Condition 4 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) from planning application S/25/1680.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Dec 2025
Received by Swindon
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12 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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S/AMEND/26/1016 Granted
Unit 48 Thornhill Industrial Estate South Marston Swindon SN3 4TA
Non Material Amendment from previous application -S/25/1680 relating to: Removal of existing structure to the top of the retained building.
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S/COND/26/0787 Granted
Unit 48 - 51 Thornhill Industrial Estate South Marston Swindon SN3 4TA
Discharge of Condition 3 (Precautionary Working Method Statement) and Condition 4 (Construction Environmental Management Plan) from planning application S/25/1680.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
25 documents on file for this application
- HIGHWAYS COMMENTS
- CAR TRANSPORTER TURNING
- BLOCK + SITE PLAN AS PROPOSED
- SOUTH MARSTON PARISH COUNCIL
- HISTORIC ENGLAND
- DRAINAGE COMMENTS
- BLOCK + SITE PLAN AS PROPOSED
- TRANSPORT STATEMENT
- BLOCK + SITE PLAN AS EXISTING
- SOUTH MARSTON PARISH COUNCIL
- HIGHWAYS COMMENTS
- LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT COMMENTS
- CONSERVATION
- APPLICATION FORM
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- CIL FORM
- EXISTING BLOCK PLAN
- PROPOSED BLOCK PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swindon granted permission on 15 April 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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