Town Planner Pro
Free trial
Search appeal decisions

Planning appeal decision

Allowed9 January 20266000512

Prospect Court, 60 Prospect Place, Swindon, SN1 3LJ

Planning appeal 6000512 at Prospect Court, 60 Prospect Place, Swindon, SN1 3LJ (Swindon Borough Council) was allowed on 9 January 2026 by Inspector Phillips B, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Prospect Place Conservation Area.

the change of use of former dance studio (sui generis) to form 2 units (Class E use) at ground floor level + conversion and erection of mansard roof to form 4 no. flats (Class C3) and associated works

Authority
Swindon Borough Council
Appeal type
minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure
Written Representations
Development
residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector
Phillips B
Postcode
SN1 3LJ

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

  • Whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Prospect Place Conservation Area
  • Whether the proposal would preserve the setting of the Grade II* listed Christ Church

What decided it

The modest improvement to the character and appearance of the conservation area through high-quality design changes outweighs the limited impact on views of the listed church spire from a non-important viewpoint.

What the Inspector cited

Development plan policies
Policy DE1Policy EN10

How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.

See how each was applied

The decision letter

Town Planner Pro holds this letter. The Appeals plan opens it and every other letter we hold, all of them searchable, with the main issues and what decided each case picked out. We do not show letters on the free site because they carry people’s names and addresses.

Appeals plan, £15 a month

With an account

What an account adds to this decision

94 other decided appeals within two kilometres of this site. In the app every dot opens its decision, and its letter wherever one was published, and you can draw your own site to see what has been decided around it.AllowedDismissedSplitThis decision
An appeal decision in the app, with the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out beside the letter
Every letter, there to read. We pick out the main issues, the policies and the judgments cited, so you can work through the letter faster.
Searching the full text of appeal decision letters in the app
Search inside every letter. By words or by meaning, filtered by authority, outcome, appeal type and procedure, with every locatable decision on the map and the Inspector named on each.
Start your free trial

More decisions in Swindon

The authority’s record since 2016 · every decision in 2026

  1. Allowed1 July 20266005705
    Land Adjacent to Lynt Road, Inglesham, Inglesham, SN6 7QX
  2. Allowed4 March 20266003605
    Rowenburgh, High Street, Wanborough, Swindon, SN4 0AE
  3. Dismissed9 February 20266000597
    3 Westlecot Road, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN1 4EZ
  4. Dismissed7 November 20253368149
    Land at Moorleaze Farm, Wanborough, Swindon, SN4 0SW
  5. Allowed4 September 20253366187
    Unit 6, Bush House Farm, Swindon, Wilts, SN4 0HS

The main issues, what decided it, the planning balance and the policies and judgments listed as cited are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro and are our summary, not the Inspector’s words; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.

In the app this decision sits on the map beside every appeal around it, with its letter to read and the main issues, policies and judgments cited picked out.