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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.
3,985 approved · 463 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
41 Birch Street Kingshill Swindon SN1 5EU
Received 14 Sept 202316 Ancona Close Ramleaze Swindon SN5 5NR
Received 14 Sept 20234 Ilett Crescent Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2WG
Received 13 Sept 2023253 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NW
Received 14 Sept 2023Parcel 7DC & 9DC Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 14 Sept 2023(Royal Air Force Association) 41 - 43 Belle Vue Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3HN
Received 14 Sept 202313 Pembroke Gardens Moredon Swindon SN25 3EN
Received 30 Aug 2023Land To The Front Of Millstone House Mill Lane Swindon SN1 4HG
Received 14 Sept 202325 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR
Received 18 Sept 20233 Carman Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4XU
Received 18 Sept 2023The Globe 7 Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 15 Sept 2023The Globe 7 Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 15 Sept 2023Poveys Cottage Tuckers Lane Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DW
Received 17 Sept 2023Batts Farm Church Row Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DW
Received 17 Sept 2023Former Hertz Rent A Car Ermin Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon
Received 25 Aug 2023Unit B4b1 North Swindon District Centre Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4AN
Received 19 Sept 202343A Perrys Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AZ
Received 18 Sept 202378 Drove Road Swindon SN1 3AF
Received 29 Aug 20236 Beacon Close Rushey Platt Swindon SN5 8ZW
Received 19 Sept 2023Bmw Plant Swindon Bridge End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PE
Received 18 Sept 2023Corner Copse Solar Farm Electricity Substation Kingsdown Road Kingsdown Swindon
Received 19 Sept 202323 Markenfield Toothill Swindon SN5 8AA
Received 20 Sept 202372 Grange Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LD
Received 21 Sept 202318 Grove Hill Highworth Swindon SN6 7JN
Received 19 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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