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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.
3,853 approved · 459 refused · 229 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Regent Hotel 151 - 152 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon
Received 20 Apr 20233 Newland Road Moredon Swindon SN25 3BP
Received 3 Apr 202334 Whitecastle Toothill Swindon SN5 8HU
Received 20 Apr 2023Land North Of Blackworth Industrial Estate Highworth Swindon SN6 7NA
Received 20 Apr 2023Hi Tech House 2 Eastcott Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3LS
Received 21 Apr 2023Magdalen Cottage Rotten Row Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AN
Received 21 Apr 2023Ridgeway House 243 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NN
Received 24 Apr 2023Land At The Marsh Wanborough Swindon
Received 24 Apr 2023Stornoway Medbourne Lane Liddington Swindon SN4 0EY
Received 24 Apr 2023Land Off Merlin Way Covingham Swindon
Received 24 Apr 202366 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BH
Received 24 Apr 202317 Taylor Crescent Kingsdown Swindon SN3 4UX
Received 24 Apr 2023Hill Manor House Hatchet Hill Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DP
Received 25 Apr 20233 Ash Tree Close Kingsdown Swindon SN3 4US
Received 25 Apr 2023Former Novo Auto Unit 1 Bridge End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PD
Received 24 Apr 2023Sevimli 1A High Street Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NQ
Received 25 Apr 2023Broadcasting House 56 - 58 Prospect Place Old Town Swindon SN1 3RW
Received 25 Apr 202344 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AE
Received 18 Apr 202320 Broome Manor Lane Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1LX
Received 24 Apr 20233 Donnington Grove Lawn Swindon SN3 1HD
Received 26 Apr 2023Badbury House Farm Badbury Lane Badbury Swindon SN4 0EU
Received 26 Apr 202312 Everleigh Road Penhill Swindon SN2 5HB
Received 26 Apr 2023David Lloyd Leisure Club Latham Road Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4DL
Received 27 Apr 2023277 Homington Avenue Swindon SN3 6GE
Received 27 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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