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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.
3,947 approved · 462 refused · 237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 County Road Swindon SN1 2EG
Received 1 Aug 2023County House Residential Home 143-145 County Road Swindon SN1 2EB
Received 1 Aug 2023Granary House 12 Whatleys Orchard Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QB
Received 1 Aug 202319 Burns Way Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7LP
Received 13 Jul 2023West Shed Carriage Works Swindon SN1 5DG
Received 14 Jul 202324 Petersfield Road Park South Swindon SN3 2AH
Received 1 Aug 202333 Cobden Road Ferndale Swindon SN2 1DW
Received 2 Aug 2023Cherry Orchard North Kembrey Business Park Upper Stratton Swindon
Received 2 Aug 202337 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EZ
Received 1 Aug 20235 The Quarries Old Town Swindon SN1 4EX
Received 3 Aug 20231 Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 2 Aug 2023Chiseldon House Hotel New Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LX
Received 2 Aug 2023Chiseldon House Hotel New Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LX
Received 3 Aug 2023Unit O Penzance Drive Swindon SN5 7JF
Received 3 Aug 2023The Old Post Office 35 Sevenhampton Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QA
Received 3 Aug 2023Middle Farm Inglesham Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QW
Received 4 Aug 202338 Liskeard Way Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8NL
Received 7 Aug 2023County Ground County Ground Lane Swindon Swindon
Received 7 Aug 202327 St Philips Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7QH
Received 4 Aug 202312 Sunnyside Avenue Kingshill Swindon SN1 4ND
Received 7 Aug 2023The Boundary House 1 The Street Moredon Swindon SN25 3ER
Received 7 Aug 2023Duke Of Edinburgh P H Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AE
Received 7 Aug 2023Land To The West Of Westmead Drive Westmead Swindon SN5 7ER
Received 4 Aug 2023Greenbridge Retail Park Swindon SN3 3SG
Received 4 Aug 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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