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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.
3,824 approved · 453 refused · 225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Hampshire Close Ramleaze Swindon SN5 5RR
Received 13 Mar 202356 Montagu Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2HW
Received 13 Mar 2023The Coach House Eastrop Grange 30 Eastrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7AT
Received 6 Mar 202315 Prospect Place Old Town Swindon SN1 3LQ
Received 6 Mar 20235 Magdalen Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0BD
Received 13 Mar 2023147 Meadowcroft Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7LH
Received 13 Mar 2023251 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NW
Received 14 Mar 202379 Fairlawn Liden Swindon SN3 6EU
Received 14 Mar 202345 High Street Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JX
Received 14 Mar 20238 Farman Close Eldene Swindon SN3 6DP
Received 8 Mar 20239 Malthouse Close Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BG
Received 8 Mar 2023Former Groundwell Park And Ride Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 7AP
Received 14 Mar 2023Charlbury Cottage Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PX
Received 15 Mar 2023Lay-by At Stirling Road South Marston Park Swindon
Received 15 Mar 2023109 Eastmere Liden Swindon SN3 6LG
Received 15 Mar 202311 Cullerne Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HU
Received 13 Mar 2023Keepers Cottage Roves Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7GQ
Received 9 Mar 2023241 Homington Avenue Swindon Swindon SN3 6FG
Received 15 Mar 20231 Park Farm Moredon Swindon SN25 3ES
Received 16 Mar 2023Walton House 10 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4HB
Received 5 Oct 202323 Bouverie Avenue Lakeside Swindon SN3 1PZ
Received 16 Mar 20239 Keyneston Road Nythe Swindon SN3 3PS
Received 16 Mar 202311 Keyneston Road Nythe Swindon SN3 3PS
Received 16 Mar 2023Carriage Works, Unit 5 Workshed London Street Railway Village Swindon SN1 5DE
Received 16 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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