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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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Swindon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,748 approved · 445 refused · 218 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Sept 1981 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
96 Cranmore Avenue Park South Swindon Wilts SN3 2EJ
Received 20 Jul 2007Land At Rear Of Pentylands Close Pentylands Close Highworth Swindon
Received 9 Aug 2019Castle Eaton Anaerobic Digester Plant Droveway Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JX
Received 22 Dec 202010 Kembrey Street Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 8AZ
Received 13 Jun 2026Land At Newburn Sidings Swindon
Received 27 Jan 2021Phase 3 Land At Cavendish Square Park South Swindon Wilts
Received 31 Mar 202194 Ravenglass Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7BW
Received 17 Sept 2021Stirling House Viscount Way Swindon SN3 4TN
Received 15 Feb 2022The Old Dairy Badbury Lane Badbury Swindon SN4 0EU
Received 23 Sept 2022Common Area Within Unit 9 Carriage Works London Street Railway Village Swindon SN1 5FB
Received 27 Oct 20229 Hardie Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PL
Received 8 Nov 2022Grove Farmhouse Grove Farm Tadpole Lane Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 27 Nov 2022Grove Farmhouse Grove Farm Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 27 Nov 2022Grove Farmhouse Grove Farm Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 27 Nov 2022Grove Farmhouse Grove Farm Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 2 Dec 2022Grove Farmhouse Grove Farm Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 2 Dec 2022Grove Farmhouse Grove Farm Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 2 Dec 2022Plaza 21 Sanford Street Swindon SN1 1HE
Received 3 Dec 202255 Clifton Street Kingshill Swindon SN1 3PY
Received 24 Nov 202234 Wickdown Avenue Moredon Swindon SN25 3DY
Received 9 Dec 202210 High Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AG
Received 12 Dec 20221 Harbour Close Moredon Swindon SN25 3DL
Received 14 Dec 2022Rosslyn 5 New Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LX
Received 15 Dec 202226 Hyde Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7SB
Received 16 Dec 2022Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Swindon Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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