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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.
4,003 approved · 471 refused · 238 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Eastville Road Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3BA
Received 18 Oct 20239 The Quarries Old Town Swindon SN1 4EX
Received 17 Oct 202321 Swindon Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AH
Received 17 Oct 2023Car Repair Workshop Devizes Road Old Town Swindon
Received 18 Oct 2023The Old Post Office Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RY
Received 17 Oct 202322 Henchard Crescent Taw Hill Swindon SN25 1BD
Received 17 Oct 202395 The Broadway Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN25 3BW
Received 17 Oct 202351 The Street Moredon Swindon SN25 3ER
Received 17 Oct 2023Nationwide House Pipers Way Old Town Swindon
Received 19 Oct 202354 Norman Road Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 1AX
Received 19 Oct 2023112 St Austell Way Swindon SN2 2DQ
Received 19 Oct 202347 The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JA
Received 19 Oct 202379 Biddestone Avenue Swindon Swindon SN3 6DE
Received 18 Oct 2023Former Green Baize Site Horsham Road Park South Swindon SN3 2LU
Received 11 Oct 2023The Old Vicarage 71 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AU
Received 19 Oct 20234 The Forty Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PQ
Received 19 Oct 2023Land At Marlborough Road Swindon
Received 20 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To 14 Matley Moor Liden Swindon SN3 6NL
Received 12 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To 57 Overbrook Eldene Swindon SN3 6AR
Received 19 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To 71 Bevisland Eldene Swindon SN3 6AN
Received 19 Oct 2023Queens Drive Polish Church Whitbourne Avenue Park North Swindon SN3 2JX
Received 20 Oct 20232 Verulam Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4AE
Received 19 Oct 202394 Chatsworth Road Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4UJ
Received 19 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To Wellington House Wellington Street Swindon
Received 23 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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