Apsley House Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BH Data via plota.co.uk

S/TWC/26/0398 - Tree Works in a Conservation Area Approved
Trees & landscaping

Proposal

Works to Trees within Conservation Area. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Mar 2026
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Approved
30 Apr 2026

Approved on 30 Apr 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF Delegated Report Delegated Report · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF Decision Decision · 30 Apr 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF COVERING LETTER WITH SKETCH SITE PLAN AND SITE PHOTOS Correspondence · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 25 Mar 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 6

13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 99 and 100 Victoria Road, Grade II, about 30 m from the postcode pin · 13 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 ↗
Swindon Old Town conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
SSSI about 233 m away: Great Quarry, Swindon SSSI; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Swindon (Swindon) built-up area.
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, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Important details

Council
Swindon
Application type
Tree Works in a Conservation Area
Postcode
SN1 3BH
Received
25 Mar 2026
Validated
25 Mar 2026
Ward
Eastcott
Parish
South Swindon Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 May 2026
Decision
Granted Permission
Decision date
30 Apr 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
SJ Stephens Associates Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 36 days from validation, about the council's usual 34 days. Approved, as 99% of tree and landscaping works here are.

99%decided within 8 weeks
99%approved
132decided in the last year

Plota live figures for tree and landscaping works decided by Swindon in the last twelve months, from validation. Swindon decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14807692
Planning Portal ref
PP-14807692
Statutory expiry
6 May 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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2022 Approved
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Removal of 3No. antennas and all ancillary development and installation of 6No. antennas…
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Swindon
Planning Authority Score
7.7/10
Good
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Swindon is one of the fastest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #12 out of 296. Only 15% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

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Swindon decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
90%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #119 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #182 of 296
92%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #12 of 296
15%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #12 of 296
76%
Minor dwellings approved
70 decided (1-9 homes)
81%
Major dwellings approved
26 decided (10+ homes)
84%
Change of use approved
83 decided
866
Total decisions
89 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings