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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.
3,884 approved · 460 refused · 233 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Winding Wood Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PT
Received 30 May 2023Sn1 Station Road Swindon
Received 30 May 202335 Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4QL
Received 30 May 202311 Weirside Avenue Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AL
Received 30 May 2023Longcot The Street Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JZ
Received 30 May 2023Land Adjacent To Littlecroft Pontings Close Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AJ
Received 30 May 202333 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 19 May 202323 Taw Hill Village Centre Aiken Road Taw Hill Swindon SN25 1UH
Received 31 May 2023The Sands Penfold Gardens Old Town Swindon SN1 4EL
Received 31 May 202328 Basingstoke Close Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8RB
Received 1 Jun 2023Land At Great Western Way Swindon WIlts
Received 1 Jun 202319 Winchester Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HB
Received 30 May 202310 Melbourne Close Lawn Swindon SN3 1JB
Received 1 Jun 2023The Barn Adjacent To Nauvoo Cottage Cherry Orchard Highworth Swindon SN6 7AU
Received 31 May 2023The Barn Adjacent To Nauvoo Cottage Cherry Orchard Highworth Swindon SN6 7AU
Received 31 May 2023Great Western Outlet Village 1 - 144 Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon
Received 1 Jun 20231 - 144 Great Western Outlet Village Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DY
Received 1 Jun 2023Grove House Front Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BJ
Received 2 Jun 20231 High Street Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1HU
Received 2 Jun 2023Spring Cottage Hunts Hill Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BN
Received 2 Jun 202372 Crawford Close Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8PU
Received 11 May 20239 Brixham Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1EW
Received 12 May 202312 Lacock Road Penhill Swindon SN2 5EW
Received 12 May 202322 Copse Avenue Swindon SN1 2PX
Received 2 Jun 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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