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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.
4,150 approved · 494 refused · 255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Chandos Close Grange Park Swindon SN5 6AG
Received 28 Mar 202436 Westrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7HJ
Received 28 Mar 202447 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HS
Received 30 Mar 2024Parcel 8B West Boulevard Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 31 Mar 202472 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4HE
Received 1 Apr 2024Bmw Plant Swindon Bridge End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PE
Received 2 Apr 2024194 Meadowcroft Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7LH
Received 3 Apr 202447-48 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BL
Received 3 Apr 2024121 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1JF
Received 4 Apr 202424 Shipley Drive Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4ZB
Received 3 Apr 202486 Severn Avenue Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3ND
Received 4 Apr 2024The Great Western Hospital Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 6BB
Received 3 Apr 20245 Mill Lane Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JY
Received 27 Mar 20248 Kingsdown Road Kingsdown Swindon SN2 7PF
Received 2 Apr 202420 Clarke Drive Old Shaw Swindon SN5 5SH
Received 5 Apr 20241 Chilworth Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1UX
Received 8 Apr 202420 Winifred Street Old Town Swindon SN3 1RS
Received 4 Apr 202419 Falconscroft Covingham Swindon SN3 5AF
Received 4 Apr 2024Eldswyn Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 5DL
Received 8 Apr 20242, 8, 9, 13, 14,16,17,18, 20, 22, 25, 31, 34, 34a-34d, 35,37,39,20, 42, 43, 47, 51, 53-60, 62, 64, 66-72, 74-76, 86, 88-90, 93, 96, 97, 99, 100, 101, 102 And 104 Edencroft Highworth Swindon
Received 8 Apr 20242 Beranburh Field Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QL
Received 8 Apr 202495 The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JE
Received 8 Apr 20241 Tall Conifers Wroughton Swindon Swindon SN4 0GE
Received 7 Apr 2024Fairdale 2 Belmont Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4EY
Received 6 Apr 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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