More flats might come to an area of the town centre rapidly being redeveloped. And there’s a new Indian restaurant in Highworth

Town Centre: Fourteen flats have already been consented for the upper stories of the commercial and office units at 42-45 Fleet Street, part of a block of shops with offices above being eyed by developers.

Now Damac Housing Group has applied for permission to convert the empty shop unit on the ground floor of the part of the building into four flats. Two would be one-bedroomed and two would be studio apartments. Parking would be at the rear of the block.

County Ground: Some relief for people doing community service  is on its way. The Ministry of Justice has been given permission to build a small toilet block on the edge of the County Ground site owned by Swindon Borough Council. It would be used for those carrying out community service as part of a sentence and those managing them.

Cheney Manor: Access in winter into the Cheney Manor allotments off Kiln Lane should be easier and cleaner. Central Swindon North Parish Council, which manages the allotments, has applied for permission to pave the short gravel track into the site from Kiln Lane.

Town Centre:  The colouring material used in the shop unit at 15 Holbrook Way will be changed from dye to ink now that Malgorzatal Galeski has been given permission to change the use of the unit from a hairdressing salon to a tattoo parlour.

Highworth: The change of management of an Indian restaurant in Highworth will be more apparent if its application to change the sign above the door is approved.

United Kochi at 30 High Street wants to remove the sign of the previous restaurant Salam’s and replace it with a sign bearing the new name and tagline: The Diverse Flavours of South India.

Blunsdon St Andrew: The David Lloyd Health and Fitness Club wants to improve the efficiency of its heating by installing an eco-friendly air source heat pump. If approved the pump will be surrounded by a 2.4 metre-high wooden fence.

Extensions: Applications have been submitted for permission to build extensions to houses, or outbuildings or to convert lofts and garages to habitable rooms at  70 Sandringham Road, Lawn; 2 Surrey Road, Rodbourne Cheney, 36 Gold View , Rushey Platt, 147 Oxford Road, Stratton St Margaret; 49a Grosvenor Road, Kingshill.

Such  applications have been approved for: 49 Mellow Gound Haydon Wick; 28 The Bramptons, Shaw; 42 Priory Grove, Highworth; 66 Saddleback Road, Ramleaze; 4 Lower Close, Wroughton; 94 Mulberry Grove, Rodbourne Cheney, 3 Tiverton Road, Gorse Hill; 7 Old Bakery road, Wroughton; The Hollies, 26 Badbury Lane, Badbury; 94 Manchester Road, Broadgreen; 77 Churchward Avenue Rodbourne Cheney; 9 Acacia Grove Pinehurst; 27 Okus Grove, Upper Straton; 2 Trent Road, Haydon Wick;  34 Leverton Gate, Broome Manor;  9 Cullerne Road Stratton St Margaret; 29 Robinson Close, Covingham; Pentire, Mount Pleasant, Bishopstone; 13 Cambrai Road, Chiseldon; 21 Bibury Court Old Walcot; 23 Robinsgrove, Covingham and 20 Paulet Close, Grange park

A proposal to build an extension on the rear of 103 Cheney Manor Road has fallen foul of the rules for prior consent. The householder proposed an extension stretching five meters back, within the six metres allowed, but it would be built on to an existing extension to the original house. That means the 7.3 metre extension to the original building is too big for prior consent to be given.

It does not prevent a full application for planning permission from succeeding.

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