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.
4,259 approved · 505 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
75 Wheeler Avenue Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7HL
Received 26 Jul 202410 - 12 Old Town Court 10 - 14 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 29 Jul 20241 Danestone Close Middleleaze Swindon SN5 5GP
Received 29 Jul 2024Unit 22 Athena Avenue Elgin Swindon
Received 26 Jul 20241 Spinney Close Liddington Swindon SN4 0HQ
Received 29 Jul 2024Land To The Rear Of 89 Kingsdown Road Kingsdown Swindon SN2 7PA
Received 29 Jul 202416 Winton Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN3 4XL
Received 30 Jul 2024River Wood West End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PG
Received 30 Jul 20244 Meadowcroft Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7JR
Received 25 Jul 20246 Kelmscot Road Penhill Swindon SN25 3AJ
Received 29 Jul 2024Hongxin Oriental Buffet Pepperbox Hill Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5DP
Received 30 Jul 2024103 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AX
Received 30 Jul 2024Former Green Baize Horsham Road Park South Swindon SN3 2LU
Received 30 Jul 2024The Bungalow Hodson Lane Hodson Swindon SN4 0QG
Received 26 Jul 202447 & 47A Prospect Place Old Town Swindon SN1 3LG
Received 1 Aug 2024Sunny Cottage Nell Hill Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PW
Received 31 Jul 2024Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 31 Jul 2024Land At Middle Hill Farm Inglesham Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QY
Received 1 Aug 202421 Bibury Road Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DD
Received 1 Aug 202434 Mallard Close Covingham Swindon SN3 5JQ
Received 1 Aug 20246 Holm Oak Court Old Town Swindon SN3 1QP
Received 1 Aug 2024The Rookery 4 Church Lane Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon SN6 7SB
Received 2 Aug 202451 Horseshoe Crescent Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5AX
Received 1 Aug 2024The Bungalow Chapel Farm Lower Widhill Farm Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8DD
Received 2 Aug 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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