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.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Swindon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,756 approved · 445 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
55 - 61 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS
Received 19 Dec 202212 Swallowfield Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DS
Received 19 Dec 2022The Great Western Hospital Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 6BB
Received 22 Dec 202225 Finchdale Covingham Swindon SN3 5AL
Received 28 Dec 202214 Wynwards Road Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4ZP
Received 2 Jan 2023Unit 4 Keypoint Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RX
Received 20 Dec 202230 Wheeler Avenue Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7HH
Received 6 Jan 2023Market Place House 43 High Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AQ
Received 10 Jan 2023Priors Farley Farmhouse Rowborough Lane South Marston Swindon SN3 4SX
Received 10 Jan 20238 Strouds Close Old Town Swindon SN3 1FD
Received 10 Jan 2023Land At Redlands Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 10 Jan 2023Unit H Newcome Drive Hawksworth Industrial Estate Swindon SN2 1DZ
Received 11 Jan 2023Southbrook House Southbrook Street Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1HF
Received 11 Jan 2023Unit 1 Liden Centre Liden Swindon SN3 6HP
Received 11 Jan 20231 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1HW
Received 12 Jan 20231 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1HW
Received 12 Jan 2023Land At Drakes Way/Queens Drive Roundabout Swindon SN3 1BG
Received 12 Jan 2023Lotmead Site Eastern Villages Swindon Swindon
Received 12 Jan 202311 Symonds Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8QL
Received 12 Jan 20239A Turnpike Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7AX
Received 13 Jan 2023Land Adjacent To Community Centre Kembrey Street Gorse Hill Swindon
Received 13 Jan 202315 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1HW
Received 13 Jan 202353 Sunnyside Avenue Kingshill Swindon SN1 4ND
Received 13 Jan 202395 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1JF
Received 13 Jan 2023Records 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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