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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.
4,525 approved · 535 refused · 287 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Parcel 7Dc & 9Dc Peglars Way Middle Wichel District Centre Swindon Wichelstowe
Received 28 Jan 202512 Newmeadow Copse Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5AQ
Received 28 Jan 202593 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 27 Jan 202523 Downs View Road Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1NS
Received 28 Jan 2025Swindon Railway Station Station Road Swindon SN1 1DQ
Received 29 Jan 202514 Camton Road Middleleaze Swindon SN5 5TP
Received 29 Jan 2025Marlborough Park (Phase 2) Pipers Way Old Town Swindon
Received 30 Jan 20254 Jenner Close Swindon SN4 0FA
Received 29 Jan 2025101 Southbrook Street Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1HJ
Received 30 Jan 2025Unit 1200 Welton Road Westlea Swindon
Received 30 Jan 202522 Norman Road Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 1AX
Received 30 Jan 202519 Swanbrook Covingham Swindon SN3 5AJ
Received 30 Jan 2025Holdcroft House Broad Bush Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AJ
Received 30 Jan 202534 Riverdale Close Swindon SN1 4EF
Received 30 Jan 2025Roofbase, Hawksworth Trading Estate, Unit 11 Newcombe Drive Swindon SN2 1EA
Received 3 Feb 2025Sleemans 154 Swindon Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PN
Received 3 Feb 2025Rear Of 94/95 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BD
Received 3 Feb 2025149 Ermin Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4NH
Received 31 Jan 202555 Cloche Way Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7JL
Received 3 Feb 202535 Hatch Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN3 4XY
Received 3 Feb 2025Burderop House Burderop Swindon SN4 0QD
Received 4 Feb 2025Unit 22 Athena Avenue Elgin Industrial Estate Swindon SN2 8EJ
Received 3 Feb 2025Clinic Swindon Police Station Shrivenham Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RB
Received 4 Feb 2025Flat 1 The Grange Cricklade Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3HG
Received 3 Feb 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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