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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.
3,866 approved · 459 refused · 232 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To 6 Marston Avenue Penhill Swindon SN2 5EN
Received 9 May 202310 Alderley Road Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 2HD
Received 9 May 2023Rowenburgh High Street Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AE
Received 10 May 202359 Bridge End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PD
Received 20 Apr 20237 Ashley Close Walcot Swindon SN3 3AP
Received 26 Apr 202353 South View Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DZ
Received 9 May 2023Yew Tree Farm Nell Hill Hannington Wick Swindon SN6 7RX
Received 21 Apr 2023Yew Tree Farm Nell Hill Hannington Wick Swindon SN6 7RX
Received 9 May 2023Rowenburgh High Street Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AE
Received 10 May 202339 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 10 May 202345 Manchester Road Swindon SN1 2AG
Received 10 May 2023Forge Cottage 15 The Elms Highworth Swindon SN6 7DD
Received 10 May 202319 Wyld Court Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2EE
Received 10 May 2023Manor Farm The Street Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JZ
Received 11 May 2023Commonweal School The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JE
Received 11 May 2023125 Redhouse Way Redhouse Swindon SN25 2AY
Received 11 May 2023Tally Ho Cottage High Street Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AE
Received 11 May 2023Mallards Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Received 11 May 202329 Berricot Lane Badbury Swindon SN4 0EX
Received 11 May 202382 The Bramptons Shaw Swindon SN5 5SL
Received 11 May 2023Land Between Pentylands Park And Bydemill Brook Highworth Swindon
Received 11 May 2023Land At Catsbrain Farm Highworth Road Swindon
Received 11 May 2023Moredon Recreation Ground Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Cheney Manor Swindon
Received 12 May 20232 Sparcells Drive Sparcells Swindon SN5 5FY
Received 12 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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