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.
4,532 approved · 535 refused · 288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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.
1 Rother Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3PZ
Received 13 Feb 202519 Wyld Court Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2EE
Received 14 Feb 2025Park Farm Moredon Swindon SN25 3ES
Received 17 Feb 2025Park Farm Moredon Swindon SN25 3ES
Received 17 Feb 2025Land At Shrivenham Road Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 14 Feb 2025Land Off Shrivenham Road Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 14 Feb 2025Unit 2 55 - 57 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1LJ
Received 14 Feb 2025Parcel 7DC & 9DC Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 17 Feb 20251 Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 17 Feb 2025The Oasis Leisure Centre Hawksworth Way Swindon SN2 1EP
Received 17 Feb 2025107 Ermin Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4NH
Received 17 Feb 202528 Eastern Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1AD
Received 18 Feb 2025Westridge 19 Belmont Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4EY
Received 17 Feb 20253 Okus Road Swindon SN1 4HY
Received 17 Feb 20258 Liddington Street Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1SF
Received 18 Feb 2025Land At Foxbridge Village (South) New Eastern Villages Wanborough Road Swindon
Received 18 Feb 2025Land At Foxbridge Village New Eastern Villages Wanborough Road Wanborough Swindon
Received 17 Feb 202559 Beckhampton Street Swindon SN1 2JY
Received 18 Feb 2025Westlecot Manor Mill Lane Swindon SN1 4HF
Received 18 Feb 2025Westlecot Manor Mill Lane Swindon SN1 4HF
Received 18 Feb 2025244 Croft Road Swindon SN1 4RW
Received 18 Feb 2025The Old Post Office 35 Sevenhampton Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QA
Received 18 Feb 202520 Priory Green Highworth Swindon SN6 7NU
Received 18 Feb 202541 Park Avenue Highworth Swindon SN6 7AW
Received 18 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.
How to search planning applications
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.

Understanding planning · 13 min read
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.

Property research · 13 min read
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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.
Check collection coverage