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.
4,021 approved · 477 refused · 241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Redlands Park Swindon Road Highworth Swindon
Received 13 Nov 202347 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AG
Received 13 Nov 202350 Caraway Drive Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2RG
Received 13 Nov 2023Rock House 7 Stancombe Park Westlea Swindon SN5 7AP
Received 14 Nov 20231 - 3 Whitehouse Road Swindon SN2 1BZ
Received 6 Nov 2023Ash Trees West Hill Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BQ
Received 13 Nov 2023350 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NP
Received 14 Nov 2023350 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NP
Received 14 Nov 2023117 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NJ
Received 14 Nov 2023Arthurs Meadow Pentylands Lane Highworth Swindon SN6 7FR
Received 15 Nov 202312 Sparcells Drive Sparcells Swindon SN5 5FY
Received 15 Nov 2023The Paramount Building Beckhampton Street Swindon SN1 2SB
Received 15 Nov 2023Land North Of Turnpike Road Swindon
Received 15 Nov 2023Unit B4b Unit B4 North Swindon District Centre Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4AN
Received 17 Nov 2023Unit B4b Unit B4 North Swindon District Centre Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4AN
Received 17 Nov 2023Cradlebridge House The Pitchens Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RU
Received 17 Nov 2023Longways Front Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BJ
Received 17 Nov 202333 Peregrine Close Covingham Swindon SN3 5BJ
Received 17 Nov 2023Land At Mcdonalds Bridgemead Great Western Way Swindon SN5 7FQ
Received 17 Nov 202326 Farleigh Crescent Lawn Swindon SN3 1JY
Received 16 Nov 202313 Foxglove Road Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1SG
Received 20 Nov 2023Unit 103 Warehouse Unit E Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Cheney Manor Swindon SN2 2PW
Received 20 Nov 2023Lotmead Site Eastern Villages Swindon Swindon
Received 20 Nov 2023Former That Hovel Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon
Received 20 Nov 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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