Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,253 approved · 505 refused · 265 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
16 - 17 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JQ
Received 23 Jul 2024The Great Western Hospital Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 6BB
Received 24 Jul 202420 Brewery Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AJ
Received 24 Jul 2024Betfred 56 - 57 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BL
Received 24 Jul 2024117 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BH
Received 23 Jul 202431 Morley Street Swindon SN1 1SG
Received 23 Jul 20249 Acacia Grove Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1RY
Received 23 Jul 2024Linley Road Recreation Ground Linley Road Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AP
Received 24 Jul 20243 Church Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0BZ
Received 24 Jul 2024The Albion Sports And Social Club 62 - 64 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BT
Received 23 Jul 202440 Draycott Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LS
Received 23 Jul 2024Honeyfield Farm The Marsh Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AR
Received 25 Jul 2024Bartrop Yard Westrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7HJ
Received 25 Jul 2024Land South Of Gypsy Lane Swindon
Received 24 Jul 202420 Matley Moor Liden Swindon SN3 6NL
Received 25 Jul 202498 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BH
Received 25 Jul 2024Littlecot High Street Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PH
Received 25 Jul 2024Redlands Farm Wanborough Road Swindon SN4 0AA
Received 25 Jul 2024Corner Copse Solar Farm Electricity Substation Kingsdown Road Kingsdown Swindon
Received 25 Jul 202430 Euclid Street Swindon SN1 2JW
Received 26 Jul 2024Unit 3 Panattoni Park Highworth Road Swindon
Received 25 Jul 2024Land At Lady Lane Swindon SN2 4DN
Received 26 Jul 20242 Eastrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7AP
Received 25 Jul 2024The Palladium Jennings Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2BD
Received 26 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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