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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3,818 approved · 451 refused · 225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BH
Received 28 Feb 2023Forked Elm Broad Bush Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7ES
Received 28 Feb 2023Flat 1 The Grange Cricklade Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3HG
Received 28 Feb 202325 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3AW
Received 28 Feb 20238 Summerhouse Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HZ
Received 28 Feb 2023Castle Hotel 28 Prospect Place Old Town Swindon SN1 3LQ
Received 28 Feb 202359 Conisborough Toothill Swindon SN5 8ET
Received 28 Feb 2023Corner Copse Solar Farm Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon
Received 28 Feb 20231 Falkirk Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DU
Received 1 Mar 2023Proximity Data Centre Broadmoor Road Swindon SN3 4WB
Received 1 Mar 20232 Ilett Crescent Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2WG
Received 20 Feb 2023Hidden Well 35 Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN6 7RP
Received 21 Feb 2023Durston 18 Belmont Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4EY
Received 22 Feb 202330 St Margarets Road Old Town Swindon SN3 1RU
Received 23 Feb 2023Corner Copse Solar Farm Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon
Received 1 Mar 202340 Whitelands Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4DW
Received 2 Mar 2023Marlborough House Okus Road Swindon SN1 4JS
Received 2 Mar 2023The Cricketers Arms 14 Emlyn Square Railway Village Swindon SN1 5BN
Received 2 Mar 20238 Caraway Drive Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2RR
Received 2 Mar 202331 Riverdale Close Swindon SN1 4ED
Received 2 Mar 2023Corner Copse Solar Farm Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon
Received 2 Mar 2023Burcot House Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 3 Mar 202310 Dunley Close Swindon SN25 2BL
Received 3 Mar 202314 Callas Rise Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AQ
Received 3 Mar 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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