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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.
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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4,150 approved · 494 refused · 255 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Breach Farm Horpit Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AT
Received 8 Apr 2024Land North Of Kingsdown Road & West Of Catsbrain Farm Swindon
Received 8 Apr 2024Clyde House 42 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AY
Received 9 Apr 2024G Park Kingsdown Road Swindon SN3 4TZ
Received 8 Apr 2024G Park Kingsdown Road Swindon SN3 4TZ
Received 8 Apr 2024G Park Kingsdown Road Swindon SN3 4TZ
Received 8 Apr 20243 Russley Park Stables Russley Park Bishopstone Swindon SN8 2JY
Received 10 Apr 20245 Lukas Close Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4ZG
Received 8 Apr 20245 Mill Lane Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JY
Received 9 Apr 2024Land Off Commonhead Roundabout Purley Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HA
Received 5 Apr 2024111 The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JE
Received 10 Apr 20249 The Quarries Old Town Swindon SN1 4EX
Received 10 Apr 20243 Chiseldon Court Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NE
Received 10 Apr 202471 St Philips Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7QP
Received 11 Apr 202415 Turnpike Road Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AB
Received 10 Apr 202418 Pleydell Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4DH
Received 12 Apr 2024Unit A Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8TF
Received 11 Apr 20243 Cagney Drive Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4YR
Received 11 Apr 2024Unit 10 Greenbridge Retail Park Swindon SN3 3SG
Received 12 Apr 202415 Hodson Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LN
Received 11 Apr 202425 Dixon Street Swindon SN1 3PL
Received 15 Apr 202439 White Eagle Road Haydon End Swindon SN25 1TN
Received 12 Apr 2024Lyndale West Hill Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BQ
Received 15 Apr 2024The Ridge Golf Course Blunsdon House Hotel The Ridge Blunsdon Swindon
Received 15 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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