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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.
4,246 approved · 502 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Manor Farm Lady Lane Swindon SN25 1JE
Received 4 Jul 20245 Calvert Road Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1BQ
Received 4 Jul 202425 Woodland View Wroughton Swindon SN4 9BD
Received 4 Jul 202410 Norton Grove Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1BW
Received 5 Jul 202416 Cambrai Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0JD
Received 5 Jul 202439 Thornhill Drive St Andrews Ridge Swindon SN25 4GG
Received 5 Jul 20246 Holloway Close Swindon Swindon SN25 4DU
Received 8 Jul 20243 Tiverton Road Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 1AS
Received 8 Jul 20246 Pound Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7LA
Received 8 Jul 2024Woodside House 4 Oxford Gardens Old Town Swindon SN1 4AJ
Received 8 Jul 202418 Stadium View Swindon Swindon SN25 4ES
Received 8 Jul 20243 Whatleys Orchard Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QB
Received 8 Jul 2024261 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BU
Received 9 Jul 2024Corner Copse Solar Farm Electricity Substation Kingsdown Road Kingsdown Swindon
Received 8 Jul 2024Blunsdon Caravan Park Main Drive Blunsdon Abbey Park Blunsdon Swindon SN25 2DU
Received 8 Jul 20247 1 - 20 Thorley Court Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4FASN25 4FA
Received 8 Jul 20244 Conrad Close Liden Swindon SN3 6JG
Received 9 Jul 2024Cricklade Road Service Station Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 7AS
Received 9 Jul 2024The Limes 21 Green Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7JA
Received 9 Jul 202414 Edington Close Toothill Swindon SN5 8LF
Received 9 Jul 2024Land South Of Gypsy Lane Swindon
Received 9 Jul 202424 Tismeads Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4DR
Received 10 Jul 202412 Barton Road Moredon Swindon SN25 3EU
Received 10 Jul 202427 Bryanston Way Nythe Swindon SN3 3PG
Received 10 Jul 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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