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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Swindon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,275 approved · 507 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Strawberry Thief 31 Mackay Crescent Swindon Swindon SN25 2RA
Received 18 Sept 202412 Everleigh Road Penhill Swindon SN2 5HB
Received 13 Sept 202489 Okus Road Swindon SN1 4LE
Received 17 Sept 2024Sayers Bank Cues Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PP
Received 17 Sept 202484 - 86 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 8AF
Received 18 Sept 2024Panattoni Park Swindon Highworth Road Swindon SN4 4AL
Received 18 Sept 20248 Swanbrook Covingham Swindon SN3 5AJ
Received 18 Sept 2024Restaurant Wessex Court Clarence Street Swindon SN1 2DJ
Received 19 Sept 2024Land At Langton Park Wroughton Swindon
Received 18 Sept 202432 Linslade Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2BL
Received 19 Sept 2024Aisling House 3 Oxford Gardens Old Town Swindon SN1 4AJ
Received 24 Sept 2024Former Pegasus House And Scorpio House Frankland Road Swindon SN5 8RS
Received 20 Sept 2024103 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NX
Received 19 Sept 20248 Manor Park South Marston Swindon SN3 4RR
Received 19 Sept 2024Cineworld Cinema Shaw Ridge Leisure Park Shaw Swindon SN5 7DN
Received 19 Sept 202424 Meadowsweet Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1QX
Received 23 Sept 2024Land At Rivermead Drive Rivermead Industrial Estate Swindon
Received 23 Sept 2024Farm Buildings Eastrop Farm Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 18 Sept 2024The Lodge 37 The Street Liddington Swindon SN4 0HD
Received 19 Sept 2024Refreshment Bar Platform 4 Swindon Railway Station Station Road Swindon SN1 1DQ
Received 24 Sept 2024122 Drakes Way Walcot Swindon SN3 3EH
Received 22 Sept 202437 Cornwall Avenue Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1PG
Received 25 Sept 20241 Byron Court South Marston Swindon SN3 4TH
Received 25 Sept 20241 The Quarries Old Town Swindon SN1 4EX
Received 24 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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