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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.
3,842 approved · 458 refused · 227 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Darby Close Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Swindon SN2 2PN
Received 14 Apr 2023Science Museum Red Barn Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9NS
Received 14 Apr 2023Westrop Cottage 24 Cricklade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7BL
Received 14 Apr 2023Hangar C3 National Collections Centre Red Barn Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9LT
Received 14 Apr 2023Redlands Park Swindon Road Highworth Swindon
Received 15 Apr 202334 Fitwell Road Redhouse Swindon SN25 2EZ
Received 15 Apr 2023117 Mulberry Grove Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1JB
Received 17 Apr 2023218 - 224 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NZ
Received 17 Apr 2023136 Beechcroft Road Swindon SN2 7QE
Received 17 Apr 2023Uplands Secondary School Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2NB
Received 17 Apr 202347 Liskeard Way Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8NL
Received 18 Apr 202327 Reading Street Railway Village Swindon SN1 5BS
Received 18 Apr 2023Land At Overtown Farm Overtown Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 0SH
Received 18 Apr 2023Rockley Hillside Way Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8BU
Received 18 Apr 2023Tanglewood 2 The Avenue Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon SN6 7SE
Received 18 Apr 2023Ground Floor 47-48 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BL
Received 18 Apr 202347-48 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BL
Received 18 Apr 2023109 Dean Street Swindon SN1 5EP
Received 18 Apr 202347-48 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BL
Received 18 Apr 2023Land At Kembrey Park Cirencester Way Gorse Hill Swindon
Received 19 Apr 2023Land At Eldene Drive Swindon
Received 19 Apr 2023Salthrop House Basset Down Swindon SN4 9QP
Received 19 Apr 2023Chiseldon Service Station Marlborough Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NR
Received 19 Apr 20233 Ashwell Close Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DY
Received 20 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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