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Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

Granted Swindon S/RES/25/1564 Reserved Matters

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Reserved matters application (following planning application S/OUT/13/1555) for details of the access, layout, scale, appearance and landscaping in relation to South Marston Central electricity substation. The outline planning application was subject to and submitted with an Environmental Impact Assessment.

As published by the council, reference S/RES/25/1564

Application record

Reference
S/RES/25/1564
Type
Reserved Matters
Status
Application Permitted
Decision
Reserved Matters Approved
Received
1 Dec 2025
Validated
1 Dec 2025
Decided
11 Mar 2026
Ward
St Margaret And South Marston
Parish
South Marston
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swindon register

This site has had 36 applications since 2023: 26 approved, 0 refused.

  • S/RES/26/1058 Awaiting decision

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Reserved matters application (following planning application S/OUT/13/1555) for details of the appearance, scale, layout and landscaping in relation to Rowborough Primary Street and the associated drainage.

    Submitted 26 Aug 2026 Reserved matters
  • S/OC106/26/0982 Awaiting decision

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Part discharge of the Section 106 obligation Clause 1.1 of Schedule 3 of the Section 106 Agreement dated 11 August 2021 relating to Affordable Housing - Parcels R6 & R7 and R12 of the permission S/OUT/13/1555.

    Submitted 6 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • S/COND/26/0967 Awaiting decision

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Discharge of Conditions 36 and 37 from Planning Application S/OUT/13/1555 - Outline Planning Permission, for a sustainable urban extension to the east of Swindon and north of the A420 of up to 2,380 dwellings together with a mixed use local centres/areas (including A1 retail up to 1,500 sq metres, services (A2), restaurants, pubs and takeaways (A3, A4, A5), business uses (B1) up to 1,000 sq metres, residential); community uses (D1); sheltered and/or care accommodation (C2/C3); two primary schools; green infrastructure including formal (including playing fields) and informal open space, landscape, biodiversity and amenity space; play space (including NEAPS/LEAPS/MUGAS); changing and sports facilities (including D2) and ancillary retail uses; sustainable drainage systems; highway, cycle and pedestrian routes; car parking; infrastructure (including utilities); engineering works including ground remodelling; demolition, site reclamation and removal of structures; the formation of new accesses from the A420, Old Vicarage Lane and Thornhill Road.

    Submitted 3 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • S/AMEND/26/0946 Granted

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Non Material Amendment from previous application S/OUT/13/1555 in relation to: Plot 230 to be amended from Affordable Rent to Shared Ownership.

    Decided 26 Aug 2026 Amendments
  • S/COND/26/0844 Granted

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Discharge of Condition (38) S/COND/26/0844 from previous application S/OUT/13/1555 - Outline Planning Permission, for a sustainable urban extension to the east of Swindon and north of the A420 of up to 2,380 dwellings together with a mixed use local centres/areas (including A1 retail up to 1,500 sq metres, services (A2), restaurants, pubs and takeaways (A3, A4, A5), business uses (B1) up to 1,000 sq metres, residential); community uses (D1); sheltered and/or care accommodation (C2/C3); two primary schools; green infrastructure including formal (including playing fields) and informal open space, landscape, biodiversity and amenity space; play space (including NEAPS/LEAPS/MUGAS); changing and sports facilities (including D2) and ancillary retail uses; sustainable drainage systems; highway, cycle and pedestrian routes; car parking; infrastructure (including utilities); engineering works including ground remodelling; demolition, site reclamation and removal of structures; the formation of new accesses from the A420, Old Vicarage Lane and Thornhill Road.

    Decided 27 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • S/COND/26/0741 Awaiting decision

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Discharge of conditions 11 (LEAMP), 13 (Tree Protection), 22 (Car Parking), 31 (Movement Phasing Strategy), 36 (Construction Method Statement), 37 (CEMP), 42 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme), 44 (Contamination 1 - Investigation), 53 (Slab Levels), 54 (Materials), 56 (Street Lighting and Street Furniture), 61 (Broadband) & 62 (Refuse Storage) from previous application S/OUT/13/1555 for Outline Planning Permission, for a sustainable urban extension to the east of Swindon and north of the A420 of up to 2,380 dwellings together with a mixed use local centres/areas (including A1 retail up to 1,500 sq metres, services (A2), restaurants, pubs and takeaways (A3, A4, A5), business uses (B1) up to 1,000 sq metres, residential); community uses (D1); sheltered and/or care accommodation (C2/C3); two primary schools; green infrastructure including formal (including playing fields) and informal open space, landscape, biodiversity and amenity space; play space (including NEAPS/LEAPS/MUGAS); changing and sports facilities (including D2) and ancillary retail uses; sustainable drainage systems; highway, cycle and pedestrian routes; car parking; infrastructure (including utilities); engineering works including ground remodelling; demolition, site reclamation and removal of structures; the formation of new accesses from the A420, Old Vicarage Lane and Thornhill Road.

    Submitted 9 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • S/COND/26/0670 Granted

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Partial Discharge of Conditions (Parcels R1-R2) 13 (Arboricultural Assessment) 22 (Car Parking Plan) 31 (Phasing Strategy) 36 (Construction Method Statement) 37 (Construction and Environmental Management Plan) 56 (Street Lighting) 61 (Broadband) from previous application S/OUT/13/1555.

    Decided 27 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • S/COND/26/0648 Granted

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Discharge of Condition 2 (Surface Water Drainage Maintenance Scheme) from previous application S/RES/24/1020.

    Decided 15 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • S/COND/26/0485 Granted

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Discharge of Conditions (56) Street Lighting (57) Fire Hydrants from previous application S/OUT/13/1555 - Outline Planning Permission, for a sustainable urban extension to the east of Swindon and north of the A420 of up to 2,380 dwellings together with a mixed use local centres/areas (including A1 retail up to 1,500 sq metres, services (A2), restaurants, pubs and takeaways (A3, A4, A5), business uses (B1) up to 1,000 sq metres, residential); community uses (D1); sheltered and/or care accommodation (C2/C3); two primary schools; green infrastructure including formal (including playing fields) and informal open space, landscape, biodiversity and amenity space; play space (including NEAPS/LEAPS/MUGAS); changing and sports facilities (including D2) and ancillary retail uses; sustainable drainage systems; highway, cycle and pedestrian routes; car parking; infrastructure (including utilities); engineering works including ground remodelling; demolition, site reclamation and removal of structures; the formation of new accesses from the A420, Old Vicarage Lane and Thornhill Road.

    Decided 9 Jun 2026 Conditions
  • S/COND/26/0477 Granted

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Discharge of Condition(47) Noise from previous application S/OUT/13/1555-Outline Planning Permission, for a sustainable urban extension to the east of Swindon and north of the A420 of up to 2,380 dwellings together with a mixed use local centres/areas (including A1 retail up to 1,500 sq metres, services (A2), restaurants, pubs and takeaways (A3, A4, A5), business uses (B1) up to 1,000 sq metres, residential); community uses (D1); sheltered and/or care accommodation (C2/C3); two primary schools; green infrastructure including formal (including playing fields) and informal open space, landscape, biodiversity and amenity space; play space (including NEAPS/LEAPS/MUGAS); changing and sports facilities (including D2) and ancillary retail uses; sustainable drainage systems; highway, cycle and pedestrian routes; car parking; infrastructure (including utilities); engineering works including ground remodelling; demolition, site reclamation and removal of structures; the formation of new accesses from the A420, Old Vicarage Lane and Thornhill Road.

    Decided 12 May 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 1 Dec 2025

    Received by Swindon

  2. 11 Mar 2026

    Decision issued: Reserved Matters Approved

  3. 26 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • S/COND/26/0106 Granted

    Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    Discharge of Conditions at South Marston Central Substation (ref: S/RES/25/1564) (11) LEAMP (17) Bats (25) Turning Facilities (36) Construction Method Statement (37) Construction Environmental Management Plan (42) Surface Water Drainage (54) Materials from previous application S/OUT/13/1555.

    Decided 12 Mar 2026 Conditions

Documents

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

18 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Swindon granted permission on 11 March 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 reserved matters applications

A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 500 metres

  • Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    S/COND/26/0106 Submitted 27 Jan 2026 23m away

    Discharge of Conditions at South Marston Central Substation (ref: S/RES/25/1564) (11) LEAMP (17) Bats (25) Turning Facilities (36) Construction Method Statement (37) Construction Environmental Management Plan (42) Surface Water Drainage (54) Materials from previous application S/OUT/13/1555.

    Granted Conditions 21 docs
  • Land North Of A420 Known As South Marston And Rowborough Swindon

    S/RES/25/1614 Submitted 10 Dec 2025 134m away

    100% historically approved · decision due ~4 Feb

    Reserved matters application (following planning application S/OUT/13/1555) for details of the access, layout, scale, appearance and landscaping in relation to Phase 1 of the Public Open Space within South Marston. The outline planning application was subject to and submitted with an Environmental Impact Assessment.

    Awaiting decision Reserved matters 26 docs
  • Land At Parcels R3-R5 Land North Of A420 New Eastern Villages South Marston Swindon

    S/RES/25/0437 Submitted 31 Mar 2025 136m away

    A reserved matters application (access, appearance, layout, scale and landscaping) for 107 dwellings and associated infrastructure - Reserved Matters from previous outline permission S/OUT/13/1555.

    Granted Reserved matters 204 docs
    Major scheme
  • Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    S/COND/26/0477 Submitted 10 Apr 2026 137m away

    Discharge of Condition(47) Noise from previous application S/OUT/13/1555-Outline Planning Permission, for a sustainable urban extension to the east of Swindon and north of the A420 of up to 2,380 dwellings together with a mixed use local centres/areas (including A1 retail up to 1,500 sq metres, services (A2), restaurants, pubs and takeaways (A3, A4, A5), business uses (B1) up to 1,000 sq metres, residential); community uses (D1); sheltered and/or care accommodation (C2/C3); two primary schools; green infrastructure including formal (including playing fields) and informal open space, landscape, biodiversity and amenity space; play space (including NEAPS/LEAPS/MUGAS); changing and sports facilities (including D2) and ancillary retail uses; sustainable drainage systems; highway, cycle and pedestrian routes; car parking; infrastructure (including utilities); engineering works including ground remodelling; demolition, site reclamation and removal of structures; the formation of new accesses from the A420, Old Vicarage Lane and Thornhill Road.

    Granted Conditions Extension Demolition 5 docs
    Major scheme
  • Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    S/COND/25/0347 Submitted 17 Mar 2025 152m away

    Discharge of Conditions (11) LEAMP (13) Tree Protection (17) Bats (29) Road Link Design Details (31) Movement Phasing Plan (36) Construction Method Statement (37) Construction Environmental Management Plan (42) Surface Water Drainage (53) Slab Levels (54) Materials (56) Street Lighting & Furniture from previous application S/OUT/13/1555 Relating to S/RES/24/1020 (Primary St) & S/RES/24/0551 (FWPS)

    Granted Conditions Trees 74 docs
  • Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon

    S/RES/24/1020 Submitted 5 Sep 2024 162m away

    Reserved Matters application (following planning application S/OUT/13/1555) for Land North of A420, Eastern Villages. Details of the layout, scale, appearance, access and landscaping in relation to the Primary Street connecting Old Vicarage Lane to Thornhill Road.

    Granted Reserved matters 165 docs

In Swindon

  • S/RES/26/0873 Granted

    Little Rose Farm Lower Village Blunsdon SN26 7BJ

    Reserved matters application (following planning application S/OUT/23/1499) for details of appearance, landscaping and layout

    10 Jul 2026 Reserved matters
  • S/RES/25/1485 Granted

    Land To The North Of A420 South Marston Swindon

    Reserved matters application (following planning application S/OUT/13/1555) for details of the access, layout, scale, appearance and landscaping in relation to South Marston West electricity substation. The outline planning application was subject to and submitted with an Environmental Impact Assessment.

    13 Nov 2025 Reserved matters
  • S/RES/25/1581 Granted

    Land North Of A420 Known As South Marston And Rowborough Eastern Villages Swindon

    Construction of the Rowborough Primary Street and associated infrastructure (access, layout and scale) - Reserved Matters from previous outline permission S/OUT/13/1555.

    3 Dec 2025 Reserved matters
  • S/RES/26/0208 Granted

    Land At Langton Park Wroughton Swindon

    Partial Reserved Matters application (following Outline planning application S/OUT/23/0240) for the erection of 2 dwellings.

    13 Feb 2026 Reserved matters
  • S/RES/25/1389 Granted

    Parcels R1-R2 New Eastern Villages Swindon Wiltshire

    Reserved matters application (access, appearance, layout, scale and landscaping) for 122 dwellings and associated infrastructure -Reserved Matters from previous outline permission S/OUT/13/1555.

    27 Oct 2025 Reserved matters