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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.
3,819 approved · 452 refused · 225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Longbourne 4 Ettone Barns Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JJ
Received 3 Mar 20239 Kitchener Street Ferndale Swindon SN2 1EZ
Received 1 Mar 2023110 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AB
Received 3 Mar 2023Corner Copse Solar Farm Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon
Received 3 Mar 2023Unit 2 Ocotal Way Swindon SN1 2EH
Received 5 Mar 2023Corner Thatches 11 High Street Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NG
Received 5 Mar 202332 - 34 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 6 Mar 202318 Berkeley Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9BW
Received 6 Mar 2023Land At Home Farm Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AX
Received 6 Mar 202332 - 34 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 6 Mar 2023Presco Kiln Lane Swindon SN2 2NP
Received 6 Mar 202331 Clary Road Haydon Wick Swindon SN2 2SS
Received 6 Mar 2023Abbey Gardens Lady Lane Swindon SN25 2DW
Received 24 Feb 2023110 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AB
Received 6 Mar 2023Canalside South Middle Wichel Wichelstowe
Received 6 Mar 2023Units 1-10, 11A And 13-15 Greenbridge Retail And Leisure Park Swindon SN3 3SQ
Received 7 Mar 2023100 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NR
Received 7 Mar 2023Ferndale Cottage 43 Purley Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HA
Received 7 Mar 2023Audi Dealership Unit 300 Welton Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7XB
Received 7 Mar 202321 Fernacre Road East Wichel Swindon SN1 7AY
Received 7 Mar 202313 - 14 River Ray Estate Barnfield Road Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DT
Received 7 Mar 2023Land At Hill Cottage Ermin Street/ Blunsdon Hill Broad Blunsdon Swindon
Received 7 Mar 20232 Castleview Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HT
Received 7 Mar 2023261 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BU
Received 8 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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