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.
4,007 approved · 473 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
38 Belle Vue Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3HN
Received 12 Oct 2023238 Queens Drive Swindon SN3 1BA
Received 4 Oct 202322 Fairlawn Liden Swindon SN3 6ET
Received 4 Oct 2023Sports Pavillion Blunsdon Recreation Ground Sutton Park Blunsdon Swindon
Received 24 Oct 20238 Fieldfare Covingham Swindon SN3 5BE
Received 25 Oct 20239 Rodway Wanborough Swindon SN4 0TN
Received 25 Oct 202321 The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JA
Received 25 Oct 202311 Chase Wood Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5AS
Received 25 Oct 2023Science Museum Red Barn Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9NS
Received 25 Oct 2023Redlands (Phase 2) Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 25 Oct 2023Redlands (Phase 2) Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 25 Oct 2023Redlands (Phase 2) Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 25 Oct 2023Redlands (Phase 2) Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 25 Oct 2023Redlands (Phase 2) Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 25 Oct 202312 Larchmore Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3QG
Received 25 Oct 202310 Manor Park South Marston Swindon SN3 4RR
Received 25 Oct 20238 Rhine Close Rushey Platt Swindon SN5 8ZQ
Received 26 Oct 2023Land South Of Gypsy Lane Swindon
Received 26 Oct 2023Ridgeway Hospital Moormead Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DD
Received 26 Oct 202345 Priors Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RR
Received 27 Oct 202310 Radley Close Nythe Swindon SN3 3RG
Received 27 Oct 2023Dorcan Academy St Pauls Drive Covingham Swindon SN3 5DA
Received 27 Oct 2023Unit B4a Unit B4 North Swindon District Centre Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4AN
Received 30 Oct 202328 Thurlestone Road Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1EQ
Received 30 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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