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4,025 approved · 478 refused · 241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land North Of Burcot Farm Tadpole Lane Swindon
Received 5 Dec 2023Plough Inn Lechlade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7HG
Received 4 Dec 202332 Barrowby Gate Kingsdown Swindon SN3 4UH
Received 6 Dec 2023Unit 14 Powdrills Yard West End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PG
Received 4 Dec 20236 Quarry Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EN
Received 6 Dec 2023Winton Cottage High Street Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PH
Received 6 Dec 2023Redlands Phase 2 Redlands Farm Wanborough Road Swindon SN4 0AA
Received 6 Dec 202310 Canney Close Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0PF
Received 7 Dec 202355A Devizes Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4BG
Received 7 Dec 2023Lushill Farm House Lushill Farm Lushill Lane Hannington Swindon SN6 7TA
Received 7 Dec 202328 Edencroft Highworth Swindon SN6 7NJ
Received 7 Dec 202318 Borage Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN2 2TF
Received 7 Dec 2023Dorcan Academy St Pauls Drive Covingham Swindon SN3 5DA
Received 7 Dec 2023Dorcan Academy St Pauls Drive Covingham Swindon SN3 5DA
Received 7 Dec 2023102 Ravenglass Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7BW
Received 8 Dec 20231 South View Cottages The Marsh Wanborough Swindon
Received 11 Dec 2023Health Hydro Milton Road Swindon SN1 5JD
Received 11 Dec 2023165 Shrivenham Road Swindon SN1 2PY
Received 12 Dec 2023Catsbrain Farm Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4SZ
Received 12 Dec 202335 Field Rise Old Town Swindon SN1 4HP
Received 12 Dec 2023104 Broad Street Swindon SN1 2DT
Received 12 Dec 2023Land South Of Wichel Way And East Of Mill Lane Wichelstowe
Received 12 Dec 2023Land South Of Wichel Way And East Of Mill Lane Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 12 Dec 2023The Garden Cottage Church Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JS
Received 13 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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