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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.
4,226 approved · 501 refused · 264 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Sept 1981 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
27 Dunbar Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DS
Received 21 May 2024Bartrop Yard Westrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7HJ
Received 22 May 20243 Tiverton Road Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 1AS
Received 22 May 202458 Western Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3JR
Received 22 May 20249 Cricklade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7BW
Received 22 May 2024Land At Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 23 May 2024Eastbrook Cottage Cues Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PP
Received 23 May 2024Woodham Mill Barn Bakers Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RP
Received 23 May 2024Land Near To Stanton Fitzwarren Corner Copse Solar Park Swindon
Received 24 May 202411 Market Street Swindon SN1 1RZ
Received 24 May 2024159 Welcombe Avenue Swindon SN3 2QL
Received 28 May 2024The Great Western Hospital Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 6BB
Received 28 May 20241 Westleaze Mill Lane Swindon SN1 7NU
Received 28 May 20241 Westleaze Mill Lane Swindon SN1 7NU
Received 28 May 202464 Croft Road Swindon SN1 4DW
Received 28 May 2024White Elms Newtown Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QA
Received 28 May 202422 Sudeley Way Grange Park Swindon SN5 6EN
Received 28 May 202423 Beech Lea Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7DE
Received 27 May 202421 Barcelona Crescent Wroughton Swindon SN4 9EE
Received 27 May 2024The Mallards Rotten Row Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AN
Received 29 May 2024West Lodge 35 Croft Road Swindon SN1 4DG
Received 20 May 20248 Gibbs Close Covingham Swindon SN3 5EW
Received 29 May 2024Land At Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 30 May 2024Land At Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 30 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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