Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
3,909 approved · 460 refused · 234 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Marjoram Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN2 2TH
Received 14 Jun 2023High Trees 302 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2PF
Received 14 Jun 2023Land To The Rear Of 35-40 Highworth Road Swindon
Received 14 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To 29 Shelley Street Swindon SN1 3PN
Received 25 May 202323 Edencroft Highworth Swindon SN6 7NJ
Received 14 Jun 2023Lower Farm House Lower Farm Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PA
Received 14 Jun 2023108 Deneb Drive Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2LG
Received 23 May 2023Dorcan Academy St Pauls Drive Covingham Swindon SN3 5DA
Received 14 Jun 2023Old Post House Nell Hill Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PW
Received 15 Jun 2023Eastrop Infant School Eastrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7AP
Received 15 Jun 202312 Briery Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PA
Received 15 Jun 2023Unit 601 Athena House Welton Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7XF
Received 15 Jun 202315 Farleigh Crescent Lawn Swindon SN3 1JY
Received 15 Jun 2023First Floor 140 - 142 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 8AG
Received 16 Jun 2023Salthrop Farm Saltrop Farm Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9LX
Received 15 Jun 2023Salthrop Farm Saltrop Farm Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9LX
Received 15 Jun 2023Blunsdon House Hotel The Ridge Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AS
Received 15 Jun 202325 Dolina Road Haydon End Swindon SN25 1TL
Received 15 Jun 2023Gospel Hall Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NY
Received 16 Jun 2023Car Park North Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2GA
Received 19 Jun 2023147 Manchester Road Swindon SN1 2AF
Received 19 Jun 2023Catsbrain Farm Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4SZ
Received 19 Jun 2023Roundabout At Lady Lane/Salzgitter Drive And Diamond Crescent Abbey Meads Swindon
Received 16 Jun 202383 Northern Road Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1PJ
Received 19 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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