Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
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Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
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View council mapPartial discharge of Condition 9 (Character Area Design Code - Fairthorne and Thornhill) - 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.
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Sign in to view collected details| Document | Published | Action |
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| DecisionDecision · PDF | 19 May 2026 | View |
| CHARACTER AREA DESIGN CODESupporting Documents · PDF | 18 Feb 2025 | View |
| SOUTH MARSTON PARISH COUNCILConsultee Comment · PDF | 28 Jan 2025 | View |
| HIGHWAYSConsultee Comment · PDF | 28 Jan 2025 | View |
| CHARACTER AREA DESIGN CODESupporting Documents · PDF | 13 Jan 2025 | View |
| CHARACTER AREA DESIGN CODESupporting Documents · PDF | 13 Jan 2025 | View |
| CHARACTER AREA DESIGN CODESupporting Documents · PDF | 13 Jan 2025 | View |
| URBAN DESIGN OFFICER COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 18 Dec 2024 | View |
| HIGHWAYS COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 17 Dec 2024 | View |
| SWINDON CYCLE CAMPAIGNPublic Comment · PDF | 14 Nov 2024 | View |
| HIGHWAYS COMMENTSConsultee Comment · PDF | 12 Nov 2024 | View |
| SEASONS COTTAGE, PUGS HOLE, WEST TYTHERLEYPublic Comment · PDF | 5 Nov 2024 | View |
| RAMBLERS SWINDON & NORTH EAST WILTSHIRE ,54 GILBERT PLACE, LOWRY WAY, SWINDONPublic Comment · PDF | 31 Oct 2024 | View |
| ACCESS AND MOVEMENTSupporting Documents · PDF | 23 Oct 2024 | View |
| CHARACTER AREA DESIGN CODESupporting Documents · PDF | 23 Oct 2024 | View |
| APPLICATION FORMApplication Form · PDF | 23 Oct 2024 | View |
| COVERING LETTERSupporting Documents · PDF | 23 Oct 2024 | View |
| SITE LOCATION PLANDrawing · PDF | 23 Oct 2024 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Understanding planning · 13 min read
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.