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.
4,519 approved · 535 refused · 287 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Sept 1981 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
146 Overbrook Eldene Swindon SN3 6AX
Received 7 Jan 202514 Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7BZ
Received 7 Jan 2025Land At Hill Cottage, Blunsdon Hill, Blunsdon, Swindon
Received 8 Jan 202518 Steeple View Old Town Swindon SN1 3FH
Received 8 Jan 202513 Burford Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1BU
Received 8 Jan 2025Prebendal Farm Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PT
Received 8 Jan 2025Mulberry Kembrey Business Park Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 8UY
Received 9 Jan 2025The Bungalow Chapel Farm Lower Widhill Farm Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8DD
Received 9 Jan 2025The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Received 9 Jan 2025Land Adjacent To Eden Field Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon
Received 9 Jan 2025Miniacre Mays Lane Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LQ
Received 8 Jan 202515 Tealsbrook Covingham Swindon SN3 5AU
Received 9 Jan 202531 Clary Road Haydon Wick Swindon SN2 2SS
Received 9 Jan 2025Roves Farm Roves Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QG
Received 10 Jan 2025Main Drive Blunsdon Abbey Park Blunsdon Swindon SN25 2DU
Received 10 Jan 202522 Arley Close Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4TP
Received 10 Jan 20253 The Wyncies Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PJ
Received 13 Jan 20251 The Wyncies Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PJ
Received 10 Jan 202547 Windsor Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1JU
Received 13 Jan 20256 Beech Lea Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7DE
Received 13 Jan 2025The Malt House The Street Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JZ
Received 13 Jan 20253 - 7 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EN
Received 13 Jan 2025Goddard House Commonweal Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4LB
Received 13 Jan 20251 Celsus Grove Old Town Swindon SN1 4GE
Received 15 Jan 2025Records 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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