Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,025 approved · 478 refused · 241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former That Hovel Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon
Received 28 Nov 2023Nell Farm Cottages Nell Hill Hannington Swindon
Received 28 Nov 202315 Manor Park South Marston Swindon SN3 4RR
Received 28 Nov 202341 Wheeler Avenue Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7HQ
Received 28 Nov 2023167 Redcliffe Street Swindon SN2 2DA
Received 29 Nov 202310 Greenfields South Marston Swindon SN3 4SQ
Received 29 Nov 202330 Ceres Road Swindon Swindon SN26 8AF
Received 29 Nov 202314 Manor Park South Marston Swindon SN3 4RR
Received 29 Nov 2023Whitehouse Farm Wharf Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9QJ
Received 29 Nov 2023107 Homington Avenue Swindon SN3 6FJ
Received 13 Nov 2023Public Conveniences East Coate Water Country Park Marlborough Road Swindon
Received 29 Nov 20233 Beranburh Field Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QL
Received 1 Dec 20237 Laughton Way Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4XR
Received 1 Dec 202317 Ravenscroft Covingham Swindon SN3 5AE
Received 1 Dec 20237 Cardigan Close Lawn Swindon SN3 1EX
Received 4 Dec 20236 Bayleaf Avenue Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2RU
Received 4 Dec 2023137 Havisham Drive Haydon End Swindon SN25 1BJ
Received 4 Dec 2023Land At Little Rose Farm Blunsdon Swindon
Received 4 Dec 2023Land At Nightingale Lane South Marston Swindon
Received 4 Dec 202323 Bessemer Close Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1NB
Received 4 Dec 2023Longfield Sevenhampton Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QA
Received 5 Dec 202362 Grange Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LD
Received 5 Dec 2023Burderop Park House Burderop Park Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QD
Received 5 Dec 2023Burderop Park House Burderop Park Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QD
Received 5 Dec 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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