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Old Town Court 10-14 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP

Refused Swindon S/PO2R/22/1479 Prior App Offices to Residential

Works: New dwelling Major scheme

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Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Change of use of ground, first and second floors from Commercial use (Class E) to 24no flats (Class C3) and associated works.

As published by the council, reference S/PO2R/22/1479

Application record

Reference
S/PO2R/22/1479
Type
Prior App Offices to Residential
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Prior Approval Refused
Received
29 Sep 2022
Validated
1 Dec 2022
Decided
28 Feb 2023
Ward
Eastcott
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SN1 3EP

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swindon register

This site has had 4 applications since 2022: 3 approved, 1 refused.

  • S/COND/24/0305 Granted

    Old Town Court 10 - 14 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP

    Discharge of condition 4 (landscaping) from previous applications S/23/0439 - Change of use of ground, first and second floors from Commercial use (Class E) to 20no flats (Class C3) and associated works & S/22/1477 -Change of use of part of first and second floors from Commercial use (Class E) to 6no flats (Class C3), with retention of part of ground floor for Class E use along with associated works

    Decided 10 Apr 2024 Conditions
  • S/23/0439 Granted

    Old Town Court 10 - 14 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP

    Change of use of ground, first and second floors from Commercial use (Class E) to 20no flats (Class C3) and associated works.

    Decided 28 Nov 2023 Full applications
  • S/LBC/23/0440 Granted

    Old Town Court 10 - 14 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP

    Alterations to Listed Building to facilitate a change of use of ground, first and second floors from Commercial use (Class E) to 20no flats (Class C3) and associated works.

    Decided 28 Nov 2023 Heritage and listed buildings

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 29 Sep 2022

    Received by Swindon

  2. 1 Dec 2022

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 28 Feb 2023

    Decision issued: Prior Approval Refused

  4. 20 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

23 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Swindon refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About outline applications

An outline application tests the principle of developing a site, holding back details such as appearance and landscaping as reserved matters for later approval. More in our guide to planning application types.

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