Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,318 approved · 508 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
208 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NX
Received 22 Nov 20244 Plummer Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HW
Received 22 Nov 2024St Josephs Catholic College Ocotal Way Swindon SN3 3LR
Received 25 Nov 2024261 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BU
Received 22 Nov 2024Brunel House 52 Havelock Street Swindon SN1 1SD
Received 25 Nov 202425 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AS
Received 25 Nov 202422 Whittington Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7DF
Received 25 Nov 202437 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AG
Received 25 Nov 202448 - 49 Radnor Street Kingshill Swindon SN1 3PR
Received 25 Nov 20241 Ashford Road Kingshill Swindon SN1 3NT
Received 26 Nov 202420 Nolan Close St Andrews Ridge Swindon SN25 4GP
Received 26 Nov 202428 Kershaw Road Eldene Swindon SN3 6BS
Received 26 Nov 20246 Hampton Drive Grange Park Swindon SN5 6HF
Received 26 Nov 2024Lushill Farmyard Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 7TA
Received 26 Nov 2024Kingsbridge Point Clarence Street Swindon SN1 2HJ
Received 27 Nov 2024140 - 144 Grange Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LA
Received 27 Nov 202417 Linnetsdene Covingham Swindon SN3 5AG
Received 27 Nov 202442 - 45 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RE
Received 26 Nov 202449 Fleet Street/29 John Street Swindon SN1 1RE
Received 26 Nov 20244 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR
Received 27 Nov 20242 Firecrest View Covingham Swindon SN3 5LS
Received 27 Nov 20248 Liddington Street Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1SF
Received 27 Nov 202438 Reynolds Way St Andrews Ridge Swindon SN25 4GF
Received 27 Nov 202434 Kenwin Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4NY
Received 27 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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