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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.
3,834 approved · 457 refused · 226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At 6 Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 5DL
Received 27 Mar 2023Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 5 Apr 202333 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 27 Mar 2023Old Town Court 10 - 14 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 28 Mar 2023Old Town Court 10 - 14 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 28 Mar 2023Land At Millbuck Close Elgin Swindon
Received 29 Mar 20236 Hawkins Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2AQ
Received 6 Apr 20234 Ursa Way Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2LA
Received 6 Apr 202366 Bright Street Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 8BX
Received 7 Apr 202366 Bright Street Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 8BX
Received 11 Apr 2023Buckthorn House Sevenhampton Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QA
Received 30 Mar 20237 The Crescent Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NB
Received 11 Apr 202354 Grove Hill Highworth Swindon SN6 7JN
Received 12 Apr 2023Brooklyn Lodge Broad Bush Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7DH
Received 12 Apr 2023Wood Farm Swindon Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9BZ
Received 5 Apr 2023Land At Hill Cottage Blunsdon Hill Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8BZ
Received 6 Apr 2023Land South Of High Street Blunsdon Swindon Wiltshire
Received 6 Apr 2023Land To The East Of Marlborough Road Wroughton Swindon
Received 6 Apr 2023Pinetrees Community Centre The Circle Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1QR
Received 12 Apr 2023Land East Of Wanborough Road New Eastern Villages Wanborough
Received 12 Apr 2023Brunel House 52 Havelock Street Swindon SN1 1SD
Received 12 Apr 20236 Vanbrugh Gate Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1NQ
Received 12 Apr 202390 Shrivenham Road Swindon SN1 2NT
Received 13 Apr 20237 Fennel Close Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2RY
Received 14 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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