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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.
4,163 approved · 496 refused · 256 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Euclid Street Swindon SN1 2JW
Received 24 Apr 202433 Darius Way Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4XT
Received 25 Apr 20249 North Drive Blunsdon Abbey Park Blunsdon Swindon SN25 2DS
Received 26 Apr 202436 Trenchard Road Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon SN6 7RZ
Received 25 Apr 20243 - 7 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EN
Received 26 Apr 202426 Ecklington Eldene Swindon SN3 3TJ
Received 29 Apr 202412 Bergman Close Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4XQ
Received 29 Apr 202421 Knowlands Highworth Swindon SN6 7NB
Received 30 Apr 20241 Swindon Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3JJ
Received 29 Apr 2024Orion Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8YG
Received 29 Apr 2024Millbrook Primary School Worsley Road Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8NU
Received 29 Apr 20249 Mill Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AR
Received 30 Apr 202439 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AS
Received 30 Apr 2024Burderop Park House Mansion Drive Swindon
Received 1 May 20249 Avocet Close Covingham Swindon SN3 5HR
Received 1 May 2024Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 30 Apr 202423 High Street Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JX
Received 1 May 202417 Purley Avenue Park South Swindon SN3 2DS
Received 1 May 202427A Camden Close Grange Park Swindon SN5 6BU
Received 1 May 2024The Mallards Rotten Row Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AN
Received 30 Apr 2024The Chalet Church Row Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DW
Received 30 Apr 2024Skill Centre The Drive Nythe Swindon
Received 30 Apr 2024Goddard Park Primary School Welcombe Avenue Swindon SN3 2QN
Received 1 May 202428 Carisbrooke Terrace Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LW
Received 2 May 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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