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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.
4,127 approved · 492 refused · 253 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7BZ
Received 28 Feb 2024Town Gardens Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon
Received 27 Feb 202411 Lyall Close Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2EH
Received 27 Feb 2024The Park Faringdon Road Swindon
Received 27 Feb 2024Downs View Care Centre Badbury Lane Badbury Swindon SN4 0EU
Received 27 Feb 202466 County Road Swindon SN1 2EW
Received 12 Feb 202427 Lampeter Road Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2BP
Received 29 Feb 2024West Hinton Farm Hinton Parva Lane Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DH
Received 29 Feb 2024Juno Gardens Highworth Swindon Swindon
Received 29 Feb 202421 The Parade Swindon SN1 1BB
Received 1 Mar 202421 The Parade Swindon SN1 1BB
Received 1 Mar 2024Parcel 7DC & 9DC Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 29 Feb 202410 Colman Park Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4YU
Received 1 Mar 202412 Grove Orchard Highworth Swindon SN6 7LB
Received 4 Mar 202432 Rackham Close Swindon Swindon SN25 2QT
Received 4 Mar 2024101 Faringdon Road Swindon SN1 5DH
Received 4 Mar 202469 Coronation Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AT
Received 4 Mar 202411 Maidstone Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3NN
Received 4 Mar 202429 Rackham Close Swindon Swindon SN25 2QT
Received 4 Mar 2024Former Hertz Rent A Car Ermin Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon
Received 14 Feb 202438 Prospect Hill Old Town Swindon SN1 3JS
Received 5 Mar 2024112 St Austell Way Swindon SN2 2DQ
Received 5 Mar 202413 Badgers Close Wanborough Swindon SN4 0EN
Received 6 Mar 2024327 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2PE
Received 5 Mar 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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