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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.
3,993 approved · 463 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
18 - 20 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5NS
Received 7 Sept 20232 New Farm Cottages The Ridgeway Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0HT
Received 27 Sept 202314 Sleaford Close Grange Park Swindon SN5 6JU
Received 26 Sept 2023Land Adjacent Small Acres Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 5DL
Received 7 Sept 20231 Arundel Close Lawn Swindon SN3 1JG
Received 27 Sept 202329 Perrys Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AZ
Received 28 Sept 20234 Orchid Close Pinehurst Swindon SN25 3ST
Received 27 Sept 2023Hanger L6 White Horse Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QZ
Received 28 Sept 20237 Queensfield Swindon SN2 7SS
Received 28 Sept 202370 Eastcott Hill Swindon SN1 3JF
Received 29 Sept 2023114 Wheeler Avenue Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7HN
Received 29 Sept 2023The Folly Nell Hill Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PW
Received 28 Sept 2023114 Wheeler Avenue Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7HN
Received 29 Sept 2023The Old Rectory Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 28 Sept 2023The Great Western Hospital Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 6BB
Received 29 Sept 2023The Old Rectory Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 2 Oct 2023The Hub Church Place Railway Village Swindon SN1 5EH
Received 2 Oct 2023Lushill Farm House Lushill Farm Lushill Lane Hannington Swindon SN6 7TA
Received 2 Oct 202318 Willington Road Redhouse Swindon SN25 2HB
Received 2 Oct 2023Spring Cottage Nell Hill Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PR
Received 2 Oct 202384 - 86 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5NW
Received 2 Oct 202339 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 3 Oct 202339 East Drive Blunsdon Abbey Park Blunsdon Swindon SN25 2DP
Received 2 Oct 202310 West End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PG
Received 3 Oct 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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