Planning application
Toothill SSEN Substation Wootton-Bassett Road Toothill Swindon SN5 8WF
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Proposed works to existing 132kV overhead line assets associated with the upgrade of the Toothill Substation.
As published by the council, reference S/S37/26/0652
Application record
- Reference
- S/S37/26/0652
- Type
- Section 37 Notice
- Status
- Application Pending Decision
- Decision
- No Objection
- Received
- 14 May 2026
- Validated
- 14 May 2026
- Decided
- 17 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Rodbourne Ferndale & Western
- Parish
- West Swindon
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SN5 8WF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 May 2026
Received by Swindon
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17 Jun 2026
Decision issued: No Objection
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
- OFFICER LETTER
- COVERING LETTER
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swindon granted permission on 17 June 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 this record
The published feed does not state which type of application this is; the register entry on Swindon's portal will say. Our guide explains the common types.
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