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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3,923 approved · 462 refused · 237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parcel 9, West Wichel, Wichelstowe, Swindon
Received 12 Jul 2023130 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BU
Received 11 Jul 2023Land West Of Mill Lane Swindon
Received 12 Jul 2023Unit 6 Blackworth Industrial Estate Highworth Swindon SN6 7NA
Received 13 Jul 202312 Juniper Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4DZ
Received 12 Jul 2023The Brambles Mill Lane Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon SN6 7SA
Received 13 Jul 2023Catsbrain Farm Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4SZ
Received 13 Jul 2023Ridgeway Hospital Moormead Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DD
Received 13 Jul 2023Unit 1 Keypoint Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RY
Received 13 Jul 202323 Park Lane Burderop Swindon SN4 0FY
Received 14 Jul 2023Whitemead House School Lane Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JX
Received 14 Jul 2023The Gables 64 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AY
Received 14 Jul 2023Chesford Elms Hampton Lane Hampton Swindon SN6 7RL
Received 17 Jul 202346 Southwold Close Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2BD
Received 17 Jul 202315 Baileys Way Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AH
Received 17 Jul 202371 Yiewsley Crescent Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LX
Received 17 Jul 20233 Donnington Grove Lawn Swindon SN3 1HD
Received 17 Jul 202328 Dixon Street Swindon SN1 3PL
Received 17 Jul 20234 Yiewsley Crescent Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LT
Received 17 Jul 2023156 - 157 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HX
Received 18 Jul 202349 New Dawn Place Swindon Swindon SN1 2FB
Received 18 Jul 20231 Severn Avenue Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3LF
Received 4 Jul 2023251 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NW
Received 17 Jul 20232 Damson Path Taw Hill Swindon Swindon SN25 1BW
Received 18 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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