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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.
3,897 approved · 460 refused · 234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Langton Park Wroughton Swindon
Received 8 Jun 202318 Pennycress Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1RT
Received 8 Jun 2023Former Oakfield Campus Marlowe Avenue Swindon
Received 8 Jun 2023Great Stall East - Land South Of The A420 South Marston Swindon
Received 7 Jun 2023Unit 4 Headlands Trading Estate Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7JQ
Received 8 Jun 2023Pax Vobis 2 Marine Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9SG
Received 8 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To 11 Biddel Springs Highworth Swindon SN6 7BH
Received 9 Jun 2023Redlands New Eastern Villages Swindon SN3 0AD
Received 9 Jun 2023Combe Rise Broad Bush Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7DH
Received 9 Jun 2023113 The Broadway Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN25 3BW
Received 12 Jun 2023Morrisons Dorcan Way Centre Dorcan Way Swindon
Received 9 Jun 2023Morrisons Dorcan Way Centre Dorcan Way Swindon
Received 9 Jun 2023Redlands Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 9 Jun 20233 Ettone Barns Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JJ
Received 12 Jun 2023Unit 15 Greenbridge Retail Park Swindon SN3 3SQ
Received 12 Jun 20231 Lawn Cottages The Planks Old Town Swindon SN3 1QR
Received 13 Jun 20231 Lawn Cottages The Planks Old Town Swindon SN3 1QR
Received 13 Jun 2023Overtown Manor Overtown Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 0SJ
Received 12 Jun 202332 Worlidge Drive Old Shaw Swindon SN5 5RB
Received 13 Jun 2023Chapel Farm Lower Widhill Farm Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8DD
Received 13 Jun 2023Roundhill Farm Lechlade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7QR
Received 12 Jun 2023Westrop Cottage 24 Cricklade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7BL
Received 22 May 202349 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RE
Received 13 Jun 2023Ground Floor 34 High Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AQ
Received 14 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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