Planning application
The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Erection of retaining walls in the rear garden, the installation of balustrade safety fencing across the rear garden's middle terrace area, and engineering operations including the re-profiling of land in the rear garden to form a ground-level patio terrace area, a middle terrace area, shrub/earth banks and an upper-level lawn area (part retrospective).
As published by the council, reference S/HOU/25/0046
Application record
- Reference
- S/HOU/25/0046
- Type
- Householder planning application
- Status
- Application Granted
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Permission
- Received
- 15 Jan 2025
- Validated
- 15 Jan 2025
- Decided
- 20 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Ridgeway
- Parish
- Bishopstone And Hinton Parva
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SN6 8PS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Swindon register
This site has had 5 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 1 refused.
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S/TWC/26/0038 Granted
The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Works to Trees Within Conservation Area T1. Mature beech tree. Height 10 metres, crown spread 5 metres. T2. Mature beech tree. Height 10 metres, crown spread 5 metres.
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S/TWC/25/1552 Granted
The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Works to Trees within Conservation area.
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S/HOU/25/1318 Refused
The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Erection of 60cm high open wooden trellis, on top of existing 1m high close-board wooden garden fence.
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S/TWC/22/0795 Withdrawn
The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Works to trees within a conservation area.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jan 2025
Received by Swindon
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20 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Granted Permission
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23 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
24 documents on file for this application
- BISHOPSTONE PARISH COUNCIL
- GARDEN LAYOUT AND PLANTING PLAN
- GARDEN LAYOUT AND PLANTING PLAN
- GARDEN RETAINING WALLS AND DRAINAGE DETAILS
- REVISED & ADDITIONAL PLANS AND DETAILS COVERING EMAIL
- SITE CROSS SECTION PLAN
- GARDEN BALUSTRADE TIMBER & WIRE FENCE EXAMPLE PHOTO
- CONSERVATION OFFICER COMMENTS
- ADDITIONAL SUPPORTING INFORMATION FROM APPLICANT
- EXISTING REAR GARDEN
- EXISTING REAR GARDEN
- EXISTING REAR GARDEN
- BISHOPSTONE PARISH COUNCIL
- WINDING WOOD, BISHOPSTONE
- ADVERT LIST 24 JAN 2025
- LOCATION PLAN
- PHOTOGRAPH OF GABION
- PHOTOGRAPH OF VEGETATION IN GABION
- PHOTOGRAPH OF WALL
- PHOTOGRAPH OF STEPPED RETAINING WALL
- BLOCK PLAN
- HERITAGE STATEMENT
- LANDSCAPE PLAN
- SIDE ELEVATION OF PROPOSED WALL
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swindon granted permission on 20 February 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.
About householder applications
Householder applications cover work to an existing house and its garden, such as extensions, lofts and outbuildings, and cannot create a separate dwelling or change what the building is used for. More in our guide to planning application types.
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