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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.
4,039 approved · 480 refused · 242 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Roman Way Highworth Swindon SN6 7BU
Received 28 Dec 20233 Prunus Walk Swindon SN1 7ET
Received 28 Dec 202316 Bolingbroke Road Moredon Swindon SN2 2JZ
Received 28 Dec 20234 Grove Cottages Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 28 Dec 202325 Finchdale Covingham Swindon SN3 5AL
Received 3 Jan 202465 Broome Manor Lane Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1NB
Received 4 Jan 2024Sevenhampton Farm Sevenhampton Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QA
Received 13 Nov 20231 Blair Parade Moredon Road Moredon Swindon SN25 3DE
Received 5 Dec 2023Wyndward Nell Hill Hannington Swindon SN6 7RT
Received 4 Jan 202431 Barcote Close Redhouse Swindon SN25 2BH
Received 5 Jan 2024Great Western Academy William Morris Way Tadpole Garden Village Swindon SN25 2PP
Received 4 Jan 202412 Lacock Road Penhill Swindon SN2 5EW
Received 8 Dec 2023The Quadrant Stonehill Green Swindon SN5 7HB
Received 4 Jan 20241 The Retreat Highworth Swindon SN6 7DH
Received 4 Jan 20247A Beaney View Swindon Swindon SN2 2FG
Received 4 Jan 202411A Church Walk South Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 2JE
Received 5 Jan 2024Land Off Commonhead Roundabout Purley Road Swindon SN4 0HA
Received 5 Jan 202432 Mulcaster Avenue Grange Park Swindon SN5 6EH
Received 5 Jan 202414 Badbury Lane Badbury Swindon SN4 0EU
Received 5 Jan 202417 Wynwards Road Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4ZP
Received 5 Jan 20241 Tallow Lane Wanborough Swindon SN4 0BN
Received 8 Jan 202445 High Street Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JX
Received 9 Jan 2024Land Off Purley Road Swindon SN4 0HA
Received 4 Jan 2024Bus Shelter Adjacent To 174 County Road County Road Swindon
Received 9 Jan 2024Records 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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