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.
4,142 approved · 493 refused · 254 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Wharf Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9LF
Received 20 Mar 202445 Haydon View Road Swindon SN25 3AT
Received 20 Mar 2024Little Acre Slipper Lane Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LL
Received 18 Mar 202428 Dudmore Road Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1AF
Received 20 Mar 202426 Meadowcroft Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7JR
Received 19 Mar 20241 Manor Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JN
Received 19 Mar 20242 Manor Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JN
Received 19 Mar 2024Security Hut Latham Road Groundwell Swindon SN25 4DL
Received 20 Mar 202418 Cornmarsh Way Covingham Swindon SN3 5DH
Received 21 Mar 2024Premier Inn 43 - 44 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS
Received 20 Mar 202411 Symonds Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8QL
Received 21 Mar 202411 Symonds Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8QL
Received 21 Mar 2024219 Frobisher Drive Walcot Swindon SN3 3HB
Received 21 Mar 202410 Carriage Works London Street Railway Village Swindon SN1 5FB
Received 22 Mar 202436 Whitecastle Toothill Swindon SN5 8HU
Received 22 Mar 20249 Harlech Close Toothill Swindon SN5 8HP
Received 22 Mar 202413 Meares Drive Shaw Swindon SN5 5QN
Received 22 Mar 20246 Baileys Way Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AH
Received 25 Mar 202459 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 25 Mar 202423 Clarke Drive Old Shaw Swindon SN5 5SH
Received 25 Mar 2024Aldi Foodstore Drove Road Swindon SN1 3AH
Received 25 Mar 2024The Manor House Hannington Lane Hannington Swindon SN6 7RX
Received 25 Mar 2024The Manor House Hannington Lane Hannington Swindon SN6 7RX
Received 25 Mar 20244 Grove Cottages Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 25 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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