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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.
3,818 approved · 451 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Hadrians Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4BE
Received 23 Feb 202319 Burns Way Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7LP
Received 15 Feb 202316 Haydon View Road Swindon SN25 3AU
Received 16 Feb 2023Burderop Park Wroughton Swindon
Received 23 Feb 2023Pizza Express Mcarthur Glen Great Western Outlet Village Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DY
Received 23 Feb 202326 Seacole Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4GN
Received 23 Feb 2023Pizza Express Mcarthur Glen Great Western Outlet Village Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DY
Received 23 Feb 2023Land At Lady Lane Lady Lane Swindon SN2 4DN
Received 24 Feb 20237 Okebourne Park Liden Swindon SN3 6AH
Received 24 Feb 202323 Shrivenham Road Swindon SN1 2QA
Received 24 Feb 2023Corner Copse Solar Farm Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon
Received 24 Feb 202333 Dixon Street Swindon
Received 24 Feb 2023Land At Langton Park Wroughton Swindon
Received 25 Feb 202321 Sevenfields Highworth Swindon SN6 7NF
Received 25 Feb 202372 Maunsell Way Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JE
Received 25 Feb 2023Morris Street Club 20 - 22 Morris Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2HU
Received 26 Feb 202336 Beaufort Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HE
Received 27 Feb 2023Corner Copse Solar Farm Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon
Received 27 Feb 20236 Ilett Crescent Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2WG
Received 27 Feb 202381 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HT
Received 20 Feb 20237 Highclere Avenue Lawn Swindon SN3 1HA
Received 20 Feb 2023The Forum Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1QN
Received 27 Feb 2023Haydon Farm Haydon End Lane Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1JF
Received 27 Feb 2023Haydon Farm Haydon End Lane Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1JF
Received 27 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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