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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.
3,808 approved · 449 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Westlecot House Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EQ
Received 2 Feb 202359 Blake Crescent Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LR
Received 13 Feb 20238 Wild Acre Wanborough Swindon SN4 0BW
Received 13 Feb 2023Land Adjacent To 2 Burycroft Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AP
Received 14 Feb 202324 Marigold Close Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2SY
Received 14 Feb 202386 Courtenay Road Walcot Swindon SN3 3DG
Received 14 Feb 2023Blair Hill 10 Greens Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RJ
Received 14 Feb 202392 Gypsy Lane Swindon SN2 8DH
Received 5 Feb 2023Hampton Lodge Hampton Lane Hampton Swindon SN6 7RL
Received 6 Feb 202310 Greenfields South Marston Swindon SN3 4SQ
Received 30 Jan 202315 Figsbury Close Taw Hill Swindon SN25 1UA
Received 14 Feb 202334 Fitwell Road Redhouse Swindon SN25 2EZ
Received 15 Feb 202328 Castleton Road Westlea Swindon SN5 5GD
Received 7 Feb 202313 Cricklade Street Old Town Swindon
Received 7 Feb 2023Land Adjacent To Westhill House Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DH
Received 7 Feb 2023Land To The Rear Of Collingwood Crescent Swindon Swindon
Received 16 Feb 2023Plots 17 And 42, Parcel 2.2 Tadpole Farm Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN26 8DZ
Received 16 Feb 2023Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 16 Feb 2023Presco Kiln Lane Swindon SN2 2NP
Received 16 Feb 2023Phase 2 Faraday Road Dorcan Swindon
Received 16 Feb 20235 Arran Way Highworth Swindon SN6 7HW
Received 16 Feb 202372 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BB
Received 17 Feb 20234 Cheddar Road Moredon Swindon SN25 3HD
Received 17 Feb 2023Aldi Stores Limited Blackworth Industrial Estate Highworth Swindon SN6 7NA
Received 17 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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