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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.
3,812 approved · 451 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Grove House Front Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BJ
Received 17 Feb 2023Corner Copse Solar Farm Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon
Received 17 Feb 20234 Copse Avenue Swindon SN1 2PX
Received 18 Feb 2023Hampton Farm Hampton Lane Hampton Swindon SN6 7RL
Received 19 Feb 202311 Hunt Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3HW
Received 19 Feb 2023Land Adjacent To 5 Barnfield Close Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DP
Received 20 Feb 2023Lotmead Farm Wanborough Road Swindon SN4 0SN
Received 15 Feb 202378 Salisbury Street Swindon SN1 2AW
Received 15 Feb 2023County View Guest House 31 - 33 County Road Swindon SN1 2EG
Received 20 Feb 20231 The Pitchens Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RU
Received 13 Feb 202317 Hereford Lawns Lawn Swindon SN3 1LB
Received 6 Feb 202338 Colebrook Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4EA
Received 20 Feb 2023Land At Hill Cottage Blunsdon Hill Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8BZ
Received 20 Feb 202312 Swallowfield Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DS
Received 21 Feb 2023Unit 2 County Road Retail Park Ocotal Way Swindon SN1 2EH
Received 21 Feb 2023Middle Farm Inglesham Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QW
Received 21 Feb 2023Holly Cottage 48 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AE
Received 12 Feb 202320 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 8AA
Received 21 Feb 20232 Beranburh Field Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QL
Received 22 Feb 202347 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1PH
Received 22 Feb 202315 Henchard Crescent Taw Hill Swindon SN25 1BD
Received 6 Feb 20234 Rochford Close Grange Park Swindon SN5 6AB
Received 9 Feb 2023Bridge House 1 Farnsby Street Swindon SN1 5AP
Received 22 Feb 202355 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EZ
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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