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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.
3,923 approved · 461 refused · 236 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Dockle Way Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7LQ
Received 30 Jun 2023Mcdonalds Cockleberry Great Western Way Swindon SN2 1US
Received 30 Jun 202313 Swallowfield Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DS
Received 3 Jul 2023Land Adjacent To 87 Colebrook Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4DU
Received 3 Jul 2023High View Eastrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7PP
Received 30 Jun 2023Land Adjacent To 99 Eastrop Highworth Swindon
Received 30 Jun 2023Land At White Hill Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DH
Received 3 Jul 2023Water Gardens Bodyhorse Hill Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DH
Received 3 Jul 202334 Sandown Avenue Lakeside Swindon SN3 1QD
Received 3 Jul 20238 Lynt Road Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QX
Received 4 Jul 2023Symmetry Park Shrivenham Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RU
Received 4 Jul 20233 Slipper Lane Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LL
Received 4 Jul 202332 Wrenswood Covingham Swindon SN3 5AR
Received 4 Jul 2023Land At Great Western Way Swindon
Received 4 Jul 2023Former Go Outdoors Unit 1 Ocotal Way Swindon SN1 2EH
Received 4 Jul 2023Mannington Retail Park Great Western Way Mannington Swindon SN5 8WA
Received 5 Jul 2023Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 4 Jul 202320 Okus Road Swindon SN1 4JQ
Received 5 Jul 2023Shell Garage Service Station Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NP
Received 5 Jul 202320 Okus Road Swindon SN1 4JQ
Received 5 Jul 2023The Bungalow 5 Slipper Lane Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LL
Received 5 Jul 202312 Sudeley Way Grange Park Swindon SN5 6DE
Received 6 Jul 2023The Spinney Cricklade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7BW
Received 6 Jul 2023269 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AG
Received 6 Jul 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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