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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.
4,000 approved · 468 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
17 Somerville Road Walcot Swindon SN3 3AS
Received 9 Oct 2023Woodspring Court Grovelands Avenue Old Town Swindon
Received 9 Oct 20236 Headlands Trading Estate Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7JQ
Received 9 Oct 202323 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AS
Received 9 Oct 2023Pigeon Farm Chapel Lane South Marston Swindon SN3 4SW
Received 9 Oct 202312 Pontings Close Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AH
Received 9 Oct 202312 Lacock Road Penhill Swindon SN2 5EW
Received 25 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To KFC Delta Business Park Welton Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7XD
Received 10 Oct 20231 Lawn Cottages The Planks Old Town Swindon SN3 1QR
Received 10 Oct 202384 - 86 Cricklade Road Swindon
Received 10 Oct 2023101 Swindon Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AG
Received 11 Oct 202334 Riverdale Close Swindon SN1 4EF
Received 11 Oct 202327 St Philips Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7QH
Received 11 Oct 2023Co-Operative Retail Services Ltd 87 Groundwell Road Swindon SN1 2LY
Received 11 Oct 2023Parcel 7DC & 9DC Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 11 Oct 2023348 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 7BB
Received 11 Oct 202312 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR
Received 28 Sept 2023Unit 21 Greenbridge Retail Park Swindon SN3 3SQ
Received 11 Oct 202389 Greene Street Tadpole Garden Village Swindon SN25 2RL
Received 11 Oct 20236 Winifred Street Old Town Swindon SN3 1RS
Received 11 Oct 202310 Canney Close Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0PF
Received 11 Oct 2023Newhaven Church Walk Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PZ
Received 12 Oct 20231 The Archers Highworth Swindon SN6 7ES
Received 12 Oct 20231 Severn Avenue Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3LF
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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