Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,827 approved · 454 refused · 225 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Go Outdoors Oxford Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4DG
Received 23 Mar 2023Land Adjacent To 143 Penhill Drive Penhill Swindon SN2 5DX
Received 24 Mar 2023The Quadrant Stonehill Green Swindon SN5 7HB
Received 24 Mar 202322 Copse Avenue Swindon SN1 2PX
Received 24 Mar 202329 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1QT
Received 24 Mar 202358 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4HD
Received 24 Mar 2023Abbey Stadium Lady Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN2 4DN
Received 25 Mar 202320 Frome Road Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3PQ
Received 25 Mar 2023Land To The Rear Of 89 Kingsdown Road Kingsdown Swindon SN2 7PA
Received 26 Mar 2023Hergest Ridge Cues Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PP
Received 26 Mar 2023Hergest Ridge Cues Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PP
Received 26 Mar 2023Lower Farm Nell Hill Hannington Swindon SN6 7RU
Received 27 Mar 2023Hooper's Field Sports Pavilion Rotten Row Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AN
Received 27 Mar 20233 The Fairway Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1RG
Received 28 Mar 202339 Havelock Street Swindon SN1 1SD
Received 29 Mar 202367 New Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0PE
Received 29 Mar 202340 Rose Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2HH
Received 29 Mar 2023Bridge End Road Service Station Bridge End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PD
Received 30 Mar 202391 Homington Avenue Swindon Swindon SN3 6FJ
Received 30 Mar 2023Scott Way, Redpost Drive, Foxham Way, Mill Lane Roundabout And Facing The M4 And Railway Line Wichelstowe
Received 30 Mar 2023288 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NR
Received 31 Mar 2023Units 7, 9 & 11 Carriage Works London Street Railway Village Swindon SN1 5FB
Received 31 Mar 202315 Tees Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3LU
Received 31 Mar 202367 Truscott Avenue Redhouse Swindon SN25 2PN
Received 31 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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