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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.
4,538 approved · 535 refused · 289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Ettone Barns Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JJ
Received 12 Mar 2025Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 11 Mar 2025Science Museum Red Barn Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9NS
Received 12 Mar 2025Parcels R6 And R7 Land North Of A420 Swindon
Received 11 Mar 2025Unit 1 Ravenseft Park Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Cheney Manor Swindon SN2 2QP
Received 11 Mar 202520 Pearl Road Middleleaze Swindon SN5 5TE
Received 11 Mar 20253 Abbey Farm Cottages Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DW
Received 12 Mar 20256 Canterbury Close Lawn Swindon SN3 1HU
Received 12 Mar 202518 Sarsen Close Swindon SN1 4LA
Received 12 Mar 2025Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 12 Mar 202582 Colebrook Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4DU
Received 12 Mar 2025Starveall Farm Cottage Track To Starveall Farm Foxhill Swindon SN6 8NZ
Received 14 Mar 202571 Elmore Eldene Swindon SN3 3TN
Received 13 Mar 20251 Cheney Place Cheney Manor Swindon SN2 2LL
Received 13 Mar 2025Parcel 7DC & 9DC Middle Wichel District Centre Wichelstowe Swindon
Received 14 Mar 202537 Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN6 7RP
Received 14 Mar 202517 The Willows Highworth Swindon SN6 7PG
Received 13 Mar 2025Land At Parcels R8 And R9 (East And West Of Old Vicarage Lane) Land North Of A420 New Eastern Villages, South Marston Swindon
Received 13 Mar 2025Land At Parcels R8 And R9 (East And West Of Old Vicarage Lane) Land North Of A420 New Eastern Villages, South Marston Swindon
Received 13 Mar 2025Land At Parcels R8 And R9 (East And West Of Old Vicarage Lane) Land North Of A420 New Eastern Villages, South Marston Swindon
Received 13 Mar 2025Overtown Manor Overtown Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 0SH
Received 14 Mar 2025Land At Parcels R8 And R9 (East And West Of Old Vicarage Lane) Land North Of A420 New Eastern Villages, South Marston Swindon
Received 13 Mar 2025Pattern Church Penzance Drive Swindon SN5 7JL
Received 14 Mar 2025Science Museum Red Barn Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9NS
Received 13 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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