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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.
3,971 approved · 463 refused · 237 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Sept 1981 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Newland House 86 Bowood Road Kingshill Swindon SN1 4LR
Received 18 Aug 2023155 Ermin Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4NH
Received 16 Aug 202318 Church Walk North Swindon SN25 3DJ
Received 18 Aug 202391 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HT
Received 17 Aug 2023The Cottage Horpit Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AT
Received 18 Aug 2023The Cottage Horpit Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AT
Received 18 Aug 2023Glyngarth 50A High Street Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1HX
Received 18 Aug 20233 Hurdcott Road Swindon Swindon SN3 6GL
Received 18 Aug 2023Corner Copse Solar Farm Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon
Received 18 Aug 2023The Old Rectory Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 18 Aug 2023630 Queens Drive Swindon SN3 1AZ
Received 21 Aug 202315 Nursery Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DR
Received 21 Aug 202315 Nursery Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DR
Received 21 Aug 2023Land Off Highworth Road/Queenslaine Farm Sevenhampton Swindon
Received 15 Aug 2023Phase 3 Badbury Park Land At Commonhead Swindon
Received 21 Aug 2023The Old Rectory Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 22 Aug 202318 King William Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3LB
Received 21 Aug 20238 Beranburh Field Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QL
Received 21 Aug 2023Westridge 19 Belmont Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4EY
Received 21 Aug 2023Land South Of Gypsy Lane Swindon
Received 23 Aug 20236 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JQ
Received 23 Aug 202342 Watermead Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4WE
Received 23 Aug 202349 Bramble Road Elgin Swindon SN2 8DS
Received 24 Aug 2023Holy Family Catholic Church Marlowe Avenue Swindon SN3 2PT
Received 24 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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