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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.
3,862 approved · 459 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Graythwaite Close Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4UE
Received 4 May 2023Fish Bros Penzance Drive Swindon SN5 7RX
Received 4 May 202368 Southbrook Street Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1HG
Received 18 Apr 2023Westwood House Belmont Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4EY
Received 4 May 202316 Tp's American Sports Bar, Flat 1 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RQ
Received 4 May 20237 Pine Court Kembrey Business Park Swindon SN2 8AD
Received 4 May 2023Old Burderop Hospital Site Brimble Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QB
Received 4 May 2023Cherry Orchard East Kembrey Business Park Upper Stratton Swindon
Received 4 May 2023Cherry Orchard North Kembrey Business Park Upper Stratton Swindon
Received 4 May 2023Former Novo Auto Unit 1 Bridge End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PD
Received 4 May 2023Cherryglade 1 The Orchard Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0PH
Received 4 May 2023Tismeads Sewage Pumping Station Swindon
Received 4 May 2023Brook Cottage Hay Lane Grange Park Swindon SN5 3PA
Received 4 May 202330 Wheeler Avenue Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7HH
Received 5 May 202354 Capesthorne Drive Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1UR
Received 5 May 2023508 Ferndale Road Swindon SN2 1HW
Received 5 May 2023The Great Western Hospital Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 6BB
Received 5 May 20238 Clayhill Copse Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5AL
Received 5 May 2023Unit 1 Garrard Way Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 3HY
Received 5 May 202317 Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN6 7RP
Received 9 May 202336 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1HX
Received 9 May 20238 Rodbourne Road Swindon SN2 2AG
Received 9 May 2023Falcon House Fleming Way Swindon SN1 1TA
Received 9 May 20236 Whitefield Crescent Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5AA
Received 9 May 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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