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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.
4,519 approved · 535 refused · 287 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Received 15 Jan 2025Buckhurst Field Buckhurst Crescent Walcot Swindon SN3 3BS
Received 16 Jan 2025Buckhurst Field Buckhurst Crescent Walcot Swindon SN3 3BS
Received 16 Jan 202531 Sanders Close Swindon Swindon SN2 7AA
Received 15 Jan 20254 Ash Gardens South Marston Swindon SN3 4XX
Received 15 Jan 2025Brookside Cottage The City Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PW
Received 15 Jan 2025Meadowcroft Community Centre Addison Crescent Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7JX
Received 16 Jan 202512A Furlong Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1QP
Received 15 Jan 20255 Jopp Close Haydon End Swindon SN25 1BP
Received 15 Jan 2025Land At 1 South View Cottages The Marsh Wanborough Swindon
Received 15 Jan 20259 Mardale Close Shaw Swindon SN5 5UT
Received 16 Jan 202540 Bourne Road Moredon Swindon SN2 2JL
Received 16 Jan 20251 Dc2 Viscount Way Swindon SN3 4TN
Received 17 Jan 20251 Groundwell Road Swindon SN1 2LT
Received 14 Jan 20251 Marigold Close Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2SY
Received 17 Jan 2025170 Ermin Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4NE
Received 17 Jan 20251 Harbour Close And 17 Medway Road Moredon Swindon SN25 3DL
Received 20 Jan 2025A419 Swindon SN3 4TZ
Received 20 Jan 20251 Queenborough Toothill Swindon SN5 8DU
Received 20 Jan 20254 Mayfield Close Nythe Swindon SN3 3NH
Received 20 Jan 202586 Courtenay Road Walcot Swindon SN3 3DG
Received 20 Jan 2025No.'S 31 (Plot 18) And 14 (Plot 44) The Leasowes Tadpole Garden Village Swindon SN25 2RS
Received 20 Jan 202518 Barnsley Close Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2TU
Received 20 Jan 2025Universal Technical College Bristol Street Swindon SN1 5ET
Received 22 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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