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.
3,911 approved · 460 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
7 Wills Avenue Marshgate Swindon SN1 2PZ
Received 19 Jun 2023Land Rear Of 59-61 Devizes Road Swindon Wiltshire SN1 4BD
Received 19 Jun 2023Unit 300 Welton Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7XB
Received 20 Jun 20234 The Reema Cottages Sevenhampton Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QE
Received 30 May 2023Callas Hill Farm Callas Hill Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AE
Received 20 Jun 2023Whitehouse Farm Wharf Road Wroughton Swindon
Received 20 Jun 20234 Parsloes Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 0TP
Received 21 Jun 2023Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd 87 Groundwell Road Swindon SN1 2LY
Received 21 Jun 2023Land At Gateway North Latham Road Abbey Meads Swindon
Received 21 Jun 2023Units 5 And 6 The Lock Canal Walk Swindon SN1 1LD
Received 21 Jun 2023Units 5 And 6 The Lock Canal Walk Swindon SN1 1LD
Received 21 Jun 202323 Markenfield Toothill Swindon SN5 8AA
Received 21 Jun 2023Burger King Uk Limited Queens Drive Swindon SN3 1AW
Received 22 Jun 202367 Godwin Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4XF
Received 22 Jun 202337 Thurlestone Road Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1EQ
Received 22 Jun 2023Steam Fire Fly Avenue Swindon SN2 2EH
Received 24 May 202315 Taylor Crescent Kingsdown Swindon SN3 4UX
Received 22 Jun 202390 Godwin Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4XG
Received 22 Jun 202344 Sandgate Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HJ
Received 22 Jun 2023Security Hut Latham Road Groundwell Swindon SN25 4DL
Received 22 Jun 202384 Chapel Street Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 8DA
Received 23 Jun 202356 Tweed Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1PX
Received 23 Jun 2023Midsummer Cottage 6 Bakers Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RP
Received 23 Jun 2023Unit 4 Io Centre Radway Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4WH
Received 23 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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