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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.
3,991 approved · 463 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Axis Business Centre Westmead Drive Westmead Industrial Estate Swindon SN5 7EB
Received 21 Sept 202347 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AU
Received 5 Sept 20236 Ilett Crescent Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2WG
Received 4 Sept 202329 The Brow Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1HT
Received 20 Sept 202311 Stenness Close Sparcells Swindon SN5 5FN
Received 21 Sept 202321 Walcot Road Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1BH
Received 22 Sept 202314 Burden Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HE
Received 6 Sept 202314 Burden Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HE
Received 20 Sept 2023The Coach House New Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LX
Received 21 Sept 2023Delta 1200 Welton Road Westlea Swindon
Received 25 Sept 202372 Lyndhurst Crescent Park North Swindon SN3 2RL
Received 25 Sept 20235 Berkeley Lawns Lawn Swindon SN3 1LD
Received 22 Sept 2023Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 25 Sept 2023First Floor 21 - 22 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JL
Received 25 Sept 2023122 Grange Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LD
Received 25 Sept 202334-35 Regent Circus & 128-129 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 1PY
Received 26 Sept 20234 Woollaton Close Grange Park Swindon SN5 6BB
Received 26 Sept 2023Land To The West Of Westmead Dive Westmead Drive Swindon SN5 7ER
Received 26 Sept 2023Land Outside Of 24 - 30 The Parade Swindon SN1 1BA
Received 25 Sept 20236 Polesdon Avenue Swindon Swindon SN3 6AE
Received 25 Sept 2023Clyde House 42 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AY
Received 27 Sept 202310 Campden Road Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DB
Received 27 Sept 202310 Lulworth Road Moredon Swindon SN25 3HF
Received 26 Sept 2023Forge Cottage 15-16 The Elms Highworth Swindon SN6 7DD
Received 26 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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