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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.
4,532 approved · 535 refused · 288 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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.
104 Broad Street Swindon SN1 2DT
Received 25 Feb 202531 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR
Received 25 Feb 202510 Horne Close Tadpole Garden Village Swindon SN25 2TD
Received 25 Feb 2025Units 8b, 10b, 12b, 13b, And 14B West Shed Carriage Works London Street Swindon
Received 21 Feb 2025Units 8b, 10b, 12b, 13b, And 14B West Shed Carriage Works London Street Swindon
Received 21 Feb 2025Former The Albion Sports And Social Club 62 - 64 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BT
Received 24 Feb 2025Knowle House 1 Ham Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0DF
Received 25 Feb 2025Parcel 7DC & 9DC Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 25 Feb 2025Land At Foxbridge Village (South) New Eastern Villages Wanborough Road Swindon
Received 26 Feb 2025Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 25 Feb 2025Land Adjacent To Eden Field Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon
Received 26 Feb 20259 John Ruskin Road Tadpole Garden Village Swindon Swindon SN25 2PS
Received 27 Feb 202528 Boness Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DX
Received 25 Feb 2025Providence House 12 South Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3LA
Received 26 Feb 2025Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 27 Feb 2025Land At Lotmead Farm Swindon SN4 0SN
Received 27 Feb 202511 Moormead Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9BS
Received 27 Feb 20259 Horsley Close Redhouse Swindon Swindon SN25 2NZ
Received 27 Feb 202527 Kingsdown Road Kingsdown Swindon SN2 7PE
Received 28 Feb 202529 Kingsdown Road Kingsdown Swindon SN2 7PE
Received 28 Feb 20257 Tower Road Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5BG
Received 28 Feb 2025Merchiston House 10 Swindon Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PZ
Received 28 Feb 2025Land Off Highworth Road (East Of A361) Queenslaine Farm Highworth Swindon
Received 3 Mar 20259 Kilsby Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4EQ
Received 3 Mar 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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