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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.
3,825 approved · 454 refused · 225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lotmead Site Eastern Villages Swindon Swindon
Received 17 Mar 2023Phase 3 Badbury Park Land At Commonhead Swindon
Received 17 Mar 2023Burderop Park House Mansion Drive Swindon SN4 0QD
Received 17 Mar 20235B Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 18 Mar 2023Kirkstone 94 Priors Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RW
Received 14 Mar 2023Pebblestones Orchard Close Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AN
Received 14 Mar 202313 Kenilworth Lawns Lawn Swindon SN3 1LF
Received 2 Mar 202364 Grange Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LD
Received 21 Mar 20234 Harbour Meadow Moredon Swindon SN25 3DA
Received 17 Mar 202334 Riverdale Close Swindon SN1 4EF
Received 21 Mar 20237 Ashcombe Close Swindon SN3 6BH
Received 14 Mar 2023162 Shaftesbury Avenue Park South Swindon SN3 2AG
Received 15 Mar 20234 Cole Close Covingham Swindon SN3 5BU
Received 16 Mar 20234 Cole Close Covingham Swindon SN3 5BU
Received 21 Mar 202312 Hatherley Road Nythe Swindon SN3 3NQ
Received 21 Mar 20237 Bramwell Close Kingsdown Swindon SN2 7SN
Received 21 Mar 2023Warehouse Albert Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3HJ
Received 21 Mar 2023Science Museum Red Barn Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9NS
Received 21 Mar 202323 Greenaway Wanborough Swindon SN4 0TW
Received 22 Mar 202347 Highworth Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4SF
Received 22 Mar 202318 Pennycress Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1RT
Received 22 Mar 2023Presco Kiln Lane Swindon SN2 2NP
Received 22 Mar 2023Lydiard Conference Centre Hay Lane Grange Park Swindon
Received 23 Mar 202395 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1JF
Received 23 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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