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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.
4,264 approved · 505 refused · 266 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Wyvern House Theatre Square Swindon SN1 1QN
Received 16 Aug 202413 Cambrai Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0JD
Received 16 Aug 2024The Malt House High Street Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PH
Received 16 Aug 2024Delta 1200 Welton Road Westlea Swindon
Received 16 Aug 202429 County Road Swindon SN1 2EG
Received 16 Aug 2024The Old Barn Church Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HB
Received 16 Aug 2024Unit 3 Dunbeath Court Swindon SN2 8QE
Received 19 Aug 2024Parsonage Farm Ham Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0DF
Received 19 Aug 202435 Queens Avenue Highworth Swindon SN6 7AZ
Received 19 Aug 2024Little Court Hampton Lane Hampton Swindon SN6 7RL
Received 19 Aug 2024120 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 8AG
Received 19 Aug 2024Land Off County Ground County Road Swindon
Received 20 Aug 202428 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 20 Aug 2024Bartrop Yard Westrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7HJ
Received 20 Aug 20243 And 4 Southleaze Cottages Wichelstowe Swindon SN1 4NT
Received 19 Aug 202470 Coronation Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AS
Received 20 Aug 2024Holly Cottage 48 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AE
Received 20 Aug 20245 Temple Chambers Temple Street Swindon
Received 20 Aug 202410 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR
Received 20 Aug 2024Pentire Mount Pleasant Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PN
Received 21 Aug 2024Land South Of Gypsy Lane Swindon
Received 21 Aug 2024Land South Of Gypsy Lane Swindon
Received 21 Aug 202425 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR
Received 21 Aug 20243 Slipper Lane Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LL
Received 22 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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