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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.
3,804 approved · 447 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
50 Clary Road Haydon Wick Swindon SN2 2ST
Received 26 Jan 2023Prebendal Farm Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PT
Received 1 Feb 2023Redlands Farm Wanborough Road Swindon SN3 0AD
Received 1 Feb 2023Lotmead Site Eastern Villages Swindon Swindon
Received 1 Feb 2023Ventor Close Allotments Ventnor Close Haydon Wick Swindon
Received 2 Feb 2023The Cricketers Arms 14 Emlyn Square Railway Village Swindon SN1 5BN
Received 2 Feb 2023The Forum Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1QN
Received 25 Jan 202323 High Street Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JX
Received 3 Feb 2023Land At Shaw Ridge Leisure Park Shaw Swindon
Received 3 Feb 202340 Whitelands Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4DW
Received 3 Feb 2023Redlands Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 3 Feb 202324 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5NS
Received 3 Feb 2023246 Croft Road Swindon SN1 4RW
Received 4 Feb 2023Burderop Park House Burderop Park Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QD
Received 4 Feb 2023244 Croft Road Swindon SN1 4RW
Received 4 Feb 2023Westridge 19 Belmont Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4EY
Received 26 Jan 2023Walnut Lodge Mount Pleasant Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PN
Received 27 Jan 20233 High Street Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PH
Received 6 Feb 202383 Thornhill Drive St Andrews Ridge Swindon SN25 4GG
Received 6 Feb 2023108 Beechcroft Road Swindon SN2 7QD
Received 6 Feb 202362 Copse Avenue Swindon SN1 2PW
Received 7 Feb 202331 Collett Avenue Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1NQ
Received 7 Feb 20232 Ashen Copse Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9LL
Received 7 Feb 202315 Tees Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3LU
Received 7 Feb 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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