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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.
4,297 approved · 507 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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.
8, 20, 22, 25 And 30 The Leasowes Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2RS
Received 18 Oct 202410, 15 And 17 Barnsley Close Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2TU
Received 18 Oct 2024Land Off Swindon Road Highworth South Redlands Close Redlands Close Highworth Swindon
Received 17 Oct 2024Mcdonalds Restaurant North Swindon District Centre Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4AN
Received 18 Oct 202424 De Morgan Crescent Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2PZ
Received 18 Oct 2024Foxbridge Site Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 18 Oct 2024Unit 38 Stanley House Bramble Road Elgin Swindon SN2 8ER
Received 21 Oct 2024River Wood West End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PG
Received 21 Oct 202463 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EZ
Received 21 Oct 2024Betfred 56 - 57 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BL
Received 21 Oct 202450 Kennet Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9EA
Received 21 Oct 2024Phase 3 Badbury Park Land At Commonhead Swindon
Received 21 Oct 2024Sedas Mia The Pitchens Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RU
Received 18 Oct 2024103 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NX
Received 21 Oct 2024Park Office Blunsdon Abbey Park Blunsdon Swindon SN25 2DU
Received 21 Oct 202439 Swindon Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PU
Received 21 Oct 20241 Ham Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0DF
Received 21 Oct 2024Orcheston 619 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 5AB
Received 21 Oct 2024The Palladium Jennings Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2BD
Received 21 Oct 202437 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 22 Oct 202437 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 22 Oct 202432 Sandown Avenue Lakeside Swindon SN3 1QD
Received 22 Oct 2024Unit 4 Keypoint Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RX
Received 22 Oct 202416 Cadley Close Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1SP
Received 3 Sept 1981Records 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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