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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.
3,768 approved · 445 refused · 218 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 27 Jan 2023Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 27 Jan 2023Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 27 Jan 2023Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 27 Jan 202346 Sutton Park Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BB
Received 27 Jan 2023Land At Can Court Farm, Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 9QS
Received 27 Jan 202313 Manor Park South Marston Swindon SN3 4RR
Received 28 Jan 2023120 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HU
Received 28 Jan 202327 Popplechurch Drive Covingham Swindon SN3 5DE
Received 25 Jan 202355 Bowood Road Kingshill Swindon SN1 4LR
Received 26 Jan 2023Units 3 - 11 Carriage Works West Shed B London Street SN1 5DG
Received 17 Jan 202378A Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HT
Received 30 Jan 202310 Conyers Close Grange Park Swindon SN5 6HL
Received 30 Jan 202311 Oak Drive Highworth Swindon SN6 7BP
Received 31 Jan 202373 Priors Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RL
Received 31 Jan 202327 Turnpike Road Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7EA
Received 19 Jan 2023Magistrates Court Princes Street Swindon
Received 31 Jan 202378 Drove Road Swindon SN1 3AF
Received 31 Jan 2023Parking Area Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon
Received 31 Jan 2023The Casbah 25 - 27A John Street Swindon SN1 1RT
Received 1 Feb 2023Glebe Cottage High Street Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PH
Received 23 Jan 202317 Longthorpe Close Toothill Swindon SN5 8AD
Received 23 Jan 2023Land At Gateway North Latham Road Abbey Meads Swindon
Received 1 Feb 2023130 Shrivenham Road Swindon SN1 2NT
Received 24 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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