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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.
4,526 approved · 535 refused · 287 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
92 Kent Road Kingshill Swindon SN1 3NP
Received 10 Feb 2025Farm Buildings Eastrop Farm Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 10 Feb 202547 Blanchard Road Tadpole Garden Village Swindon SN25 2UW
Received 10 Feb 20259 Bakers Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RP
Received 6 Feb 202523 Marbeck Close Redhouse Swindon SN25 2LT
Received 11 Feb 2025Kings Arms Hotel 20 Wood Street Old Town Swindon SN1 4AB
Received 10 Feb 2025Braeburn House The Pitchens Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RU
Received 10 Feb 2025Glebe House The Street Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JZ
Received 11 Feb 20251 Linnetsdene Covingham Swindon SN3 5AG
Received 11 Feb 2025Parcel 7DC & 9DC Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 12 Feb 202586 Manchester Road Swindon SN1 2AJ
Received 11 Feb 202549 - 51 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS
Received 11 Feb 202595 The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JE
Received 11 Feb 2025Second Floor 34 - 35 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5NS
Received 12 Feb 202536 Oxford Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HD
Received 11 Feb 202515 Peregrine Close Covingham Swindon SN3 5BJ
Received 12 Feb 20256 Magdalene Close Swindon Swindon SN3 4FR
Received 12 Feb 2025107 Faringdon Road Swindon SN1 5DJ
Received 14 Feb 2025Uphills 14 Hampton Lane Hampton Swindon SN6 7RL
Received 13 Feb 20251A Caversham Close Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DT
Received 13 Feb 20259 Park Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LL
Received 13 Feb 20251 Salcombe Grove Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1ER
Received 13 Feb 2025Old Farm House Mount Pleasant Farm Mount Pleasant Farm Lane Horpit Swindon SN4 0AU
Received 14 Feb 20252 Kembrey Street Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 8AZ
Received 17 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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