Planning application
The Croft Sports Centre Marlborough Lane Old Town Swindon SN3 1RA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Retrospective planning for a Storage container.
As published by the council, reference S/26/1141
Application record
- Reference
- S/26/1141
- Type
- Full Planning Application
- Status
- Application Pending Decision
- Received
- 10 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 10 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Old Town & Lawn
- Parish
- South Swindon Parish Council
- Postcode
- SN3 1RA
Comment by 2 October 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Swindon's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Sep 2026
Received by Swindon
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17 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 5 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Swindon took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
4 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Swindon for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Swindon decided full applications in a median of 57 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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