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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Swindon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
3,983 approved · 463 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tp's American Sports Bar 16 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RQ
Received 7 Sept 202342 Birch Street Kingshill Swindon SN1 5EU
Received 11 Sept 2023205 - 206 Rodbourne Road Swindon SN2 2AA
Received 11 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To Eden Field Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon
Received 11 Sept 202377 York Road Swindon SN1 2JR
Received 11 Sept 2023St Julians Bungalow St Julians Close South Marston Swindon SN3 4AH
Received 11 Sept 20239 Laburnum Road Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1QY
Received 8 Sept 20233 Ettone Barns Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JJ
Received 11 Sept 20232 Church Walk North Swindon SN25 3DJ
Received 11 Sept 202343 Woodchester Westlea Swindon SN5 7BQ
Received 11 Sept 202324 Juno Way Rushey Platt Swindon SN5 8ZD
Received 11 Sept 202314 Bedwyn Close Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1SG
Received 11 Sept 202310 Penfold Gardens Old Town Swindon SN1 4EL
Received 11 Sept 20231 Little Hinton Farm Cottages Little Hinton Lane Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DJ
Received 12 Sept 2023Fir Tree Lodge 17 Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4QL
Received 11 Sept 2023Beech Grove High Street Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NQ
Received 12 Sept 202396 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HU
Received 12 Sept 202338 Reynolds Way St Andrews Ridge Swindon SN25 4GF
Received 13 Sept 2023104 Broad Street Swindon SN1 2DT
Received 28 Sept 202336 - 37 Milton Road Swindon SN1 5JA
Received 13 Sept 2023Redlands Park Swindon Road Highworth Swindon
Received 12 Sept 202314 Nyland Road Nythe Swindon SN3 3RD
Received 13 Sept 202330 Wentworth Park Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8QX
Received 13 Sept 2023B And Q Barnfield Road Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2AT
Received 14 Sept 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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