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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.
4,266 approved · 507 refused · 267 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Green Baize Horsham Road Park South Swindon
Received 2 Sept 202426 Mayfly Road Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2HN
Received 3 Sept 2024Land To The Rear Of Swindon Road And East Of Eastcott Hill Swindon
Received 2 Sept 2024Cricklade Road Service Station Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 7AS
Received 3 Sept 20242 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 3 Sept 202479 Oxford Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4JB
Received 3 Sept 20247 Beech Lea Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7DE
Received 2 Sept 202477 Churchward Avenue Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1NW
Received 4 Sept 2024Ladysmith Equestrian Centre Ladysmith Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0FH
Received 4 Sept 2024St Philip Church Hall Beechcroft Road Swindon SN2 7RE
Received 4 Sept 2024The Chalet Church Row Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DW
Received 4 Sept 2024Church Hall Swindon Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon
Received 5 Sept 202494 Manchester Road Swindon SN1 2AJ
Received 4 Sept 2024Phase 3 Badbury Park Land At Commonhead Swindon
Received 4 Sept 202494 Manchester Road Swindon SN1 2AJ
Received 4 Sept 2024Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 5 Sept 20247 The Leasowes Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2RS
Received 4 Sept 202419 Chestnut Avenue Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1SN
Received 5 Sept 202429 Chedworth Gate Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1NE
Received 6 Sept 202443 Torun Way Haydon End Swindon SN25 1TA
Received 6 Sept 20247 Old Bakery Road Wroughton Swindon Swindon SN4 0GL
Received 5 Sept 2024141 Moredon Road Moredon Swindon SN2 2JG
Received 5 Sept 2024The Hollies 26 Badbury Lane Badbury Swindon SN4 0EU
Received 5 Sept 202439 High Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AQ
Received 9 Sept 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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