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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.
4,027 approved · 480 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
St Josephs Catholic College Ocotal Way Swindon SN3 3LR
Received 13 Dec 202337 High Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AQ
Received 13 Dec 202322 Northfield Way Nythe Swindon SN3 3NJ
Received 13 Dec 2023Queen Victoria House Albert Street Old Town Swindon
Received 14 Dec 202344 Sevenfields Highworth Swindon SN6 7NF
Received 14 Dec 2023Dearden Walk & Hayman Crescent Old Town Swindon
Received 30 Nov 202312 Northampton Street Swindon SN1 2JX
Received 23 Nov 2023Redlands Eastern Villages Swindon Swindon
Received 13 Dec 202349 New Dawn Place Swindon Swindon SN1 2FB
Received 13 Dec 2023Land To The West Of Former Electricity Sub Station Langton Park Wroughton Swindon
Received 14 Dec 2023Bridgemead Industrial Estate Ashworth Road Bridgemead Swindon
Received 15 Dec 2023Hereford House 76 Broome Manor Lane Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1LX
Received 14 Dec 2023208 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NX
Received 18 Dec 202359 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1HT
Received 18 Dec 20236 Preddy Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 0GG
Received 19 Dec 202319 Rubens Close St Andrews Ridge Swindon SN25 4GR
Received 19 Dec 202321 Maskeleyne Way Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HP
Received 28 Nov 202336 Gold View Rushey Platt Swindon SN5 8ZG
Received 2 Dec 2023Land Adjacent To 9 Deerhurst Way Toothill Swindon SN5 8AF
Received 19 Dec 2023Manor Farm 47 Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN6 7SY
Received 20 Dec 2023The Chalet Harrow Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4QD
Received 30 Nov 2023Salthrop Farm Saltrop Farm Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9LX
Received 20 Dec 2023Pagoda 1 Pagoda Park Westmead Swindon SN5 7UN
Received 20 Dec 2023Castle Eaton Farm Mill Lane Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JX
Received 19 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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