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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.
4,002 approved · 468 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At 2 Nell Farm Cottages Nell Hill Hannington Swindon SN6 7RU
Received 11 Oct 202330 Linden Avenue Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1QN
Received 28 Sept 2023115 Upham Road Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DP
Received 11 Oct 202346 - 48 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS
Received 12 Oct 2023Middle Mill Mill Lane Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon SN6 7SA
Received 13 Oct 20233 Campden Road Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DB
Received 13 Oct 2023High Ridge Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PT
Received 28 Sept 202331 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3AW
Received 29 Sept 202365 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EZ
Received 12 Oct 2023Lushill Farm House Lushill Farm Lushill Lane Hannington Swindon SN6 7TA
Received 13 Oct 202336 Barrington Close Liden Swindon SN3 6HF
Received 13 Oct 20238 Robinsgreen Covingham Swindon SN3 5AY
Received 13 Oct 20231 - 4 Newcome Drive Hawksworth Industrial Estate Swindon SN2 1DZ
Received 16 Oct 202334 Wrde Hill Highworth Swindon SN6 7BX
Received 16 Oct 202316 Bucklebury Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4JH
Received 16 Oct 2023Ben My Chree 15 Belmont Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4EY
Received 16 Oct 2023150 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NR
Received 16 Oct 202370 Lansdown Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3NF
Received 16 Oct 20234 Bakers Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RP
Received 16 Oct 202393 The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JE
Received 16 Oct 2023Land At Faraday Road Dorcan Swindon SN3 5EY
Received 16 Oct 2023Former 22 - 23 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon
Received 16 Oct 2023Little Hinton Farm Little Hinton Lane Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DW
Received 16 Oct 2023Cricklade Road Service Station Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 7AS
Received 17 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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