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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.
3,917 approved · 460 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
71 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HS
Received 6 Jun 2023The Old Rectory Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 23 Jun 202320 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 8AA
Received 26 Jun 2023Lushill Farm House Lushill Farm Lushill Lane Hannington Swindon SN6 7TA
Received 26 Jun 202357 Dores Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7QU
Received 26 Jun 202349 Fleet Street/29 John Street Swindon SN1 1RE
Received 26 Jun 2023Lay-By Cricklade Road Swindon
Received 9 Jun 2023Burderop Farm Dairy Dairy Road Chiseldon Swindon
Received 26 Jun 202332 Beaufort Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HE
Received 16 May 2023Stonesthrow 5 The Street Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JZ
Received 28 Jun 202312 Nindum Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4BA
Received 28 Jun 2023Bradford Guesthouse 40 Devizes Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4BG
Received 3 May 2023Parking Area Sussex Place Somerville Road Walcot Swindon
Received 23 May 202317 St Margarets Green Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LS
Received 28 Jun 202311 Lucerne Close Shaw Swindon SN5 5GQ
Received 28 Jun 2023The Fraser Centre Area 5 Faraday Road Dorcan Swindon SN3 5HS
Received 29 Jun 20232 Ashen Copse Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9LL
Received 29 Jun 202310 Loxley Walk Park South Swindon SN3 2DU
Received 29 Jun 2023Abbey Stadium Lady Lane Swindon SN2 4DN
Received 28 Jun 202337 Whittington Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7DF
Received 30 Jun 2023109 Sevenfields Highworth Swindon SN6 7NQ
Received 30 Jun 20233 Chancellor Close Grange Park Swindon SN5 6HH
Received 30 Jun 2023261 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BU
Received 30 Jun 202329 Seaton Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3QD
Received 30 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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