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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.
3,954 approved · 462 refused · 237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
20 Newson Road Taw Hill Swindon SN25 1AD
Received 4 Aug 202332 Farrfield Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7QL
Received 4 Aug 202325 Station Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0PD
Received 6 Aug 2023Rusland Cottage 4 Pond Street Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3JE
Received 8 Aug 202353 Belle Vue Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3HN
Received 8 Aug 202319 Helmsdale Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1PN
Received 8 Aug 202311 Walton Close Park South Swindon SN3 2JU
Received 11 Jul 202318 Sutton Road Eldene Swindon SN3 6BX
Received 9 Aug 202324 Wynwards Road Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4ZP
Received 9 Aug 2023Land West Of Tadpole Cottage Tadpole Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 2DZ
Received 9 Aug 202313 Fanstones Road Eldene Swindon SN3 6DX
Received 10 Aug 202313 Fanstones Road Eldene Swindon SN3 6DX
Received 10 Aug 2023Civic Offices Civic Campus Euclid Street Swindon SN1 2JH
Received 7 Aug 2023All Saints Hall Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 10 Aug 2023Plum Tree House Old Vicarage Lane South Marston Swindon SN3 4SH
Received 10 Aug 2023101 Eastrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7PP
Received 19 Jul 20231 The Copse Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BW
Received 3 Aug 202324-26 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RQ
Received 25 Jul 202324-26 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RQ
Received 8 Aug 2023Unit 38 Stanley House Bramble Road Elgin Swindon SN2 8ER
Received 11 Aug 2023Unit 38 Stanley House Bramble Road Elgin Swindon SN2 8ER
Received 11 Aug 202317 Honeylight View Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4XS
Received 11 Aug 202359 Beech Avenue Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1JZ
Received 11 Aug 2023Land South Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 14 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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