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.
3,765 approved · 445 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Page Hay Cottages Back Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BJ
Received 20 Jan 2023Hawksbill Bowling Green Lane Old Town Swindon SN1 4EU
Received 20 Jan 2023Land At Silbury Mews Moredon Swindon SN25 3HZ
Received 20 Jan 2023113 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 21 Jan 202337 Basil Close Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2TY
Received 24 Jan 2023The Orchard 46 Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4QL
Received 25 Jan 2023Blunsdon Road Allotment Gardens Blunsdon Road Haydon Wick Swindon
Received 25 Jan 2023Hampton Farm Hampton Lane Hampton Swindon SN6 7RL
Received 25 Jan 2023151 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NJ
Received 25 Jan 202313 Weirside Avenue Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AL
Received 25 Jan 202315 Tees Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3LU
Received 25 Jan 2023The Old Rectory 1 Trenchard Road Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon SN6 7RZ
Received 25 Jan 2023Tocada Ham Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HH
Received 25 Jan 2023Badbury House Farm Badbury Lane Badbury Swindon SN4 0EU
Received 26 Jan 2023The Garden Cottage Church Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JS
Received 26 Jan 20231 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1HW
Received 26 Jan 2023100 Bruce Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2EN
Received 26 Jan 202330 Biddel Springs Highworth Swindon SN6 7BH
Received 26 Jan 202359 Purton Road Swindon SN2 2LT
Received 27 Jan 2023Lydiard Conference Centre Hay Lane Grange Park Swindon
Received 27 Jan 20232 Keyneston Road Nythe Swindon SN3 3PT
Received 27 Jan 202319 Radnor Street Kingshill Swindon SN1 3PR
Received 27 Jan 2023163 Rodbourne Road Swindon SN2 2AY
Received 27 Jan 2023163 Rodbourne Road Swindon SN2 2AY
Received 27 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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