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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.
3,995 approved · 468 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Lyall Close Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2EH
Received 19 Sept 2023Upper Farm Hinton Parva Lane Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DH
Received 3 Oct 2023Upper Farm Hinton Parva Lane Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DH
Received 3 Oct 2023110 Eastlake Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2RZ
Received 4 Oct 2023Liden Primary School Liden Drive Swindon SN3 6EX
Received 4 Oct 20235B Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 4 Oct 2023Rusland Cottage 4 Pond Street Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3JE
Received 4 Oct 2023Units 3, 5 & 17 Carriageworks London Street Swindon SN1 5DE
Received 4 Oct 2023Units 3, 5 & 17 Carriageworks London Street Swindon SN1 5DE
Received 4 Oct 202332 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 8AA
Received 5 Oct 202355 Maunsell Way Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JF
Received 5 Oct 20237 Severn Avenue Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3LF
Received 4 Oct 20232 Cole Park Swindon SN3 6GF
Received 11 Sept 202348 Dores Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7QU
Received 18 Sept 202319 Larchmore Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3QG
Received 5 Oct 2023Lydiard Conference Centre Hay Lane Grange Park Swindon
Received 5 Oct 202310 Limes Avenue Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1QG
Received 5 Oct 2023Lydiard Conference Centre Hay Lane Grange Park Swindon
Received 5 Oct 202333 Ponting Street Swindon SN1 2BN
Received 6 Oct 2023The Limes Green Road Upper Stratton Swindon
Received 6 Oct 2023Redlands Eastern Villages Swindon SN4 0AA
Received 6 Oct 2023Land At Lady Lane Swindon SN2 4DN
Received 6 Oct 2023Land South Of Gypsy Lane Swindon
Received 6 Oct 2023Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 9 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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