St Frideswides Cottage, Knighton, Swindon, SN6 8NT Data via plota.co.uk

P26/V0488/LB - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Replacement conservatory and two external doors. Enlargement of window opening and insertion of new double door set Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Feb 2026
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Validated
23 Mar 2026
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Approved
28 May 2026

Approved on 28 May 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 5

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Breakspear Cottage, Grade II, about 1 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Habitat network: Other Priority Habitats -NEX
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
National landscape about 312 m away: North Wessex Downs; Priority habitat about 10 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £1,140,000 in September 2025. Detached house, freehold.

1 September 2025£1,140,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
SN6 8NT
Received
25 Feb 2026
Validated
23 Mar 2026
Case officer
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Target decision
29 May 2026
Decision
Listed Building Consent is Granted
Decision date
28 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Roger Baker Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 66 days from validation, 7 days slower than Vale of White Horse's median of 59 for extensions. Approved, as 98% of extensions here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
430decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Vale of White Horse in the last twelve months, from validation. Vale of White Horse decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
26 Mar 2026
Comments by
30 Apr 2026
Statutory expiry
29 May 2026
Vale of White Horse
Planning Authority Score
4.5/10
Below average
#176 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Vale of White Horse ranks #198 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 51% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (96%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Vale of White Horse decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #32 of 296
96%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #64 of 296
57%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #198 of 296
51%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #232 of 296
86%
Minor dwellings approved
83 decided (1-9 homes)
88%
Major dwellings approved
16 decided (10+ homes)
90%
Change of use approved
31 decided
1,015
Total decisions
51 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.