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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.
3,760 approved · 445 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Middle Farm Inglesham Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QY
Received 14 Jan 2023Middle Farm Inglesham Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QY
Received 14 Jan 202310 Kingswood Avenue Park North Swindon SN3 2QX
Received 15 Jan 202319 Avebury Road Penhill Swindon SN2 5JR
Received 15 Jan 2023Forge Cottage 16 The Elms Highworth Swindon SN6 7DD
Received 15 Jan 202327 Westmorland Road Swindon SN1 2ND
Received 16 Jan 2023Greenoaks Newtown Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QA
Received 15 Jan 202317 Mayfield Close Nythe Swindon SN3 3NH
Received 17 Jan 2023The Avalon Centre Hindle Way Dorcan Swindon SN3 3RT
Received 17 Jan 202317 King William Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3LB
Received 17 Jan 20235 Sandstone Road Swindon SN25 2FE
Received 18 Jan 202319 Plattes Close Shaw Swindon SN5 5SA
Received 10 Jan 20236 The Reema Houses Sevenhampton Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QE
Received 11 Jan 2023Former 13 Cricklade Street Old Town Swindon
Received 12 Jan 2023Land Adjacent To 19D Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JQ
Received 18 Jan 202344 Sandgate Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HJ
Received 19 Jan 202323 Lyall Close Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2EH
Received 13 Jan 202328 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 19 Jan 2023Backhouse Housing Redlands Court Swindon Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7SW
Received 19 Jan 2023Land At Catsbrain Farm (Phase 1) Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4SZ
Received 19 Jan 20239 The Quarries Old Town Swindon SN1 4EX
Received 20 Jan 2023Dobbies Garden Centre Hyde Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7SE
Received 20 Jan 20231 - 4 Newcome Drive Hawksworth Industrial Estate Swindon SN2 1DZ
Received 20 Jan 2023Home Farm 51 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AG
Received 20 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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