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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.
4,534 approved · 535 refused · 289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
57 Wakefield Close Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8QU
Received 3 Mar 2025Quantock House 12 Greens Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RJ
Received 3 Mar 2025Copse Farm House Lancaster Mews Swindon SN3 4YF
Received 3 Mar 202543 The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JA
Received 3 Mar 20257 Sambre Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0JB
Received 3 Mar 2025Longfield Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 5DL
Received 3 Mar 20257 Lucerne Close Shaw Swindon SN5 5GQ
Received 26 Feb 202519 Watling Close Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2BU
Received 3 Mar 202512 Cabot Drive Grange Park Swindon SN5 6HG
Received 3 Mar 20259 Mardale Close Shaw Swindon SN5 5UT
Received 4 Mar 202521 Arley Close Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4TP
Received 4 Mar 2025Stratton Park House 9 Wanborough Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HG
Received 4 Mar 2025Farm Buildings At Eastrop Farm Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7QQ
Received 4 Mar 202522 Whittington Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7DF
Received 4 Mar 2025Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 4 Mar 2025Uphills 14 Hampton Lane Hampton Swindon SN6 7RL
Received 5 Mar 202528 Dixon Street Swindon SN1 3PL
Received 5 Mar 2025485 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AQ
Received 5 Mar 2025Land North Of Wichel Way Wichestowe Swindon
Received 5 Mar 2025Enterprise House Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Cheney Manor Swindon SN2 2YZ
Received 6 Mar 2025Wichelstowe Development Area Southern Town Development Swindon
Received 5 Mar 20251 Manor Gardens Ferndale Swindon SN2 2ND
Received 6 Mar 20251 Briery Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PA
Received 6 Mar 202534 Church Walk South Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 2JE
Received 6 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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