Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,004 approved · 473 refused · 239 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To Wellington House Wellington Street Swindon
Received 23 Oct 2023Outside 2 To 6 The Parade Swindon
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 2-6 The Parade The Parade Swindon
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 53-55 The Parade The Parade Swindon SN1 1BB
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 53-55 The Parade The Parade Swindon SN1 1BB
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 6 Canal Walk Swindon
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 6 Canal Walk Swindon
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 21 Canal Walk Swindon
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 21 Canal Walk Swindon
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 49-51 Regent Street Swindon
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 49-51 Regent Street Swindon
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 29A Brunel Plaza Swindon SN1 1LF
Received 20 Oct 2023Outside 29A Brunel Plaza Swindon SN1 1LF
Received 20 Oct 202314 Gairlock Close Sparcells Swindon SN5 5FT
Received 23 Oct 2023Land Adjacent To Happy Acre Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 5DL
Received 23 Oct 2023117 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BH
Received 23 Oct 20233 Beranburh Field Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QL
Received 23 Oct 2023Lynt Farm Lynt Farm Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QZ
Received 23 Oct 202365 Montagu Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2HL
Received 11 Oct 202321 Turnpike Road Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7EA
Received 24 Oct 202323 Beech Lea Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7DE
Received 24 Oct 202311 - 13 Wood Street Old Town Swindon SN1 4AN
Received 10 Oct 202311 - 13 Wood Street Old Town Swindon SN1 4AN
Received 10 Oct 202346 Langton Park Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QW
Received 12 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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