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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.
4,311 approved · 508 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Oxford And Trinity House 1 & 2 College Court Swindon SN1 1PZ
Received 29 Oct 202425 Okus Road Swindon SN1 4LE
Received 29 Oct 202447 Kent Road Kingshill Swindon SN1 3NG
Received 30 Oct 2024Oaklands 31 Eastrop Barns Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7BZ
Received 29 Oct 2024The Grange Wyld Court Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2EY
Received 29 Oct 202415 Harvey Grove Ferndale Swindon SN2 2PA
Received 30 Oct 2024Land At Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 30 Oct 2024Land At Faraday Road Dorcan Swindon SN3 5HQ
Received 30 Oct 2024Goddard House 1 Greystone Mews The Planks Old Town Swindon SN3 1FJ
Received 30 Oct 2024Goddard House 1 Greystone Mews The Planks Old Town Swindon SN3 1FJ
Received 30 Oct 20249 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1HW
Received 4 Nov 2024First Floor 117A Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BH
Received 5 Nov 2024Electricity Substation Albert Street Old Town Swindon
Received 5 Nov 2024141 Moredon Road Moredon Swindon SN2 2JG
Received 4 Nov 2024United Reformed Church High Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AG
Received 5 Nov 202429 Ceres Road Swindon SN26 8AF
Received 6 Nov 2024117 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NJ
Received 6 Nov 2024Swan House 21A Marlborough Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RX
Received 6 Nov 2024The Avalon Centre Hindle Way Dorcan Swindon SN3 3RT
Received 6 Nov 2024Land To The Rear Of Orchard House Hunts Hill Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BN
Received 8 Nov 2024Lynt Farm Lynt Farm Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QZ
Received 7 Nov 202432 - 33 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS
Received 8 Nov 2024Parcel 7DC & 9DC Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 8 Nov 2024Lakeside Garage 11A Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1QT
Received 8 Nov 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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