A new meeting hall in the town centre could be on the cards, but a take-away sushi business will have to look for a new premises, in planning applications and decisions. Town Centre : The rear of a large shop unit in Regent Street in the main shopping area could be turned into a meeting hall and events space if developer A Rodrigues’ plans are approved. The proposal is to use half of the rear of the New Look fashion store at 55-61 Regent Street for the space.
No specific type of meeting or use is specified in Mr Rodrigues’ application. Swindon Borough Council’s highways officer has asked for more detail on issues of parking and bins: “It appears that all onsite parking spaces is being allocated to the new hall/meeting place; further information is requested regarding the delegation of parking spaces for the site’s two uses.” Tadpole Garden Village : Discrepancies between existing planning permission for custom-build houses and submitted plans have led to the refusal of a certificate of lawfulness.
Developer D Mace, who lives in Eastleigh in Hampshire had submitted an application for approval for a two-storey three-bed house on one of 14 plots set aside for self-and custom-build houses in Ilett Crescent in the north Swindon expansion development. But that has been refused with council planners saying: “The proposed development does not comply with the Masterplan or the relevant Plot Passport approved under the outline planning permission.” Rodbourne : The owner.