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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.
3,829 approved · 456 refused · 226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Crossways Avenue Swindon SN25 3AL
Received 31 Mar 2023615 Queens Drive Swindon SN3 1AY
Received 1 Apr 202321 Beverstone Grove Lawn Swindon SN3 1EY
Received 3 Apr 202329 Okus Road Swindon SN1 4LE
Received 20 Mar 202321 Beverstone Grove Lawn Swindon SN3 1EY
Received 31 Mar 202359 John Ruskin Road Tadpole Garden Village Swindon SN25 2PS
Received 20 Mar 2023Land At Catsbrain Farm Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4SZ
Received 4 Apr 2023Security Hut Latham Road Groundwell Swindon SN25 4DL
Received 4 Apr 20235 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JQ
Received 4 Apr 202312 Grove Orchard Highworth Swindon SN6 7LB
Received 4 Apr 2023The Old Vicarage Church Street Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NJ
Received 25 Mar 2023Netherwater City Corner Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DH
Received 4 Apr 202385 Avonmead Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3PA
Received 4 Apr 202340 The Parade Swindon SN1 1BA
Received 4 Apr 2023Land At Hill Cottage Ermin Street/ Blunsdon Hill Broad Blunsdon Swindon
Received 5 Apr 20238 Polesdon Avenue Swindon Swindon SN3 6AE
Received 5 Apr 2023Land West Of South Leaze Farm Wichelstowe
Received 5 Apr 202328 Tithe Barn Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4JX
Received 5 Apr 202311 Park Lane Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0FY
Received 5 Apr 2023The Old Rectory Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 5 Apr 2023The Old Rectory Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 5 Apr 2023The Old Rectory Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 5 Apr 2023The Old Rectory Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 5 Apr 2023Unit H Newcome Drive Hawksworth Industrial Estate Swindon SN2 1DZ
Received 5 Apr 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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