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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.
3,958 approved · 462 refused · 237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
96 County Road Swindon SN1 2EP
Received 14 Aug 202320 Wiltshire Avenue Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1NX
Received 14 Aug 202373 Duchess Way Queensfield Swindon SN2 7TB
Received 14 Aug 2023Fleming Way Services Fleming Way Swindon SN1 2NG
Received 11 Aug 2023107 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NX
Received 14 Aug 20238 High Street Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PH
Received 14 Aug 2023113 Eastern Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1AE
Received 14 Aug 202346 Langton Park Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QW
Received 14 Aug 2023Hanbury House High Street Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AD
Received 14 Aug 2023The Chalet Harrow Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4QD
Received 24 Jul 202340 Vanbrugh Gate Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1NQ
Received 14 Aug 2023The Strawberry Thief PH Tadpole Garden Village Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN26 8DZ
Received 14 Aug 2023Great Stall East - Land South Of The A420 South Marston Swindon
Received 14 Aug 202356 Overbrook Eldene Swindon SN3 6AR
Received 15 Aug 2023Land At The Marsh Wanborough Swindon
Received 15 Aug 202311A 11 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1QT
Received 14 Aug 20231 Celsus Grove Old Town Swindon SN1 4GE
Received 16 Aug 202340 Warrener Close Groundwell Swindon SN25 4AH
Received 15 Aug 2023Old School Maxwell Street Swindon SN1 5DR
Received 28 Jul 202321 Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN6 7RP
Received 11 Aug 20234 The Sunflowers Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7QX
Received 31 Jul 202375 Curtis Street Swindon SN1 5LR
Received 16 Aug 202375 Curtis Street Swindon SN1 5LR
Received 16 Aug 2023Liddington Warren Farm Aldbourne Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0EB
Received 17 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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