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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.
4,139 approved · 493 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
58 Primrose Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1QY
Received 12 Mar 2024348 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 7BB
Received 14 Mar 202441 Fontmell Close Redhouse Swindon SN25 2PE
Received 13 Mar 2024Green Baize Horsham Road Park South Swindon SN3 2LU
Received 5 Mar 2024Land To The South Of The A420 And West Of Laines Way Swindon SN3 4RS
Received 14 Mar 2024Spectrum House Mead Way Swindon SN5 7YA
Received 14 Mar 2024Spectrum House Mead Way Swindon SN5 7YA
Received 14 Mar 202477 County Road Swindon SN1 2EE
Received 14 Mar 2024Villetts House 42 Cricklade Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3HB
Received 14 Mar 2024135 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NX
Received 15 Mar 2024North Mall Great Western Outlet Village 1 - 144 Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DY
Received 5 Mar 2024170 Shrivenham Road Swindon SN1 2NT
Received 14 Mar 20241 Colbert Park Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4YJ
Received 15 Mar 2024Land At Gateway North Latham Road Abbey Meads Swindon
Received 14 Mar 2024Land At Gateway North Latham Road Abbey Meads Swindon
Received 14 Mar 2024Old Town Court 10 - 14 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 15 Mar 202411 Sunnyside Avenue Kingshill Swindon SN1 4ND
Received 18 Mar 202423 Dorney Road Redhouse Swindon SN25 2AD
Received 17 Mar 202423 Dorney Road Redhouse Swindon SN25 2AD
Received 17 Mar 2024Parcel 8B West Boulevard Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 18 Mar 2024194 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1LU
Received 18 Mar 20246 The Street Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JZ
Received 19 Mar 202423 The Wyncies Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PJ
Received 18 Mar 2024Unit C Millgrove House 59 Millgrove Street Redhouse Swindon SN25 2FW
Received 20 Mar 2024Records 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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