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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.
4,539 approved · 535 refused · 289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land To East Of Swindon Road And South Of Redlands Close Highworth Swindon
Received 13 Mar 2025Unit 4 Keypoint Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RX
Received 14 Mar 202518 Paddock Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1QL
Received 17 Mar 202545 Woodside Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DU
Received 14 Mar 20258 Old Shaw Lane Swindon SN5 5PH
Received 14 Mar 2025Berkley Farm House Swindon Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AQ
Received 17 Mar 2025Westwood House Belmont Crescent Old Town Swindon SN1 4EY
Received 17 Mar 202535 Tweed Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1PU
Received 12 Mar 2025New Inn Swindon Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PN
Received 17 Mar 2025Land At Langton Park Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QW
Received 14 Mar 20251 Swindon Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3JJ
Received 17 Mar 2025Check Inn 79 Woodland View Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AA
Received 14 Mar 202513 Robinson Close Covingham Swindon SN3 5EE
Received 17 Mar 2025Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 17 Mar 2025Unit B4 North Swindon District Centre Abbey Meads Swindon
Received 17 Mar 2025Land At Foxbridge Village North Wanborough Road Swindon
Received 17 Mar 202529 Ceres Road Swindon Swindon SN26 8AF
Received 18 Mar 202514 Viking Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 2FF
Received 18 Mar 2025Wichelstowe Development Area Southern Town Development Swindon Swindon
Received 18 Mar 202515 Cleeve Lawns Lawn Swindon SN3 1LE
Received 18 Mar 2025Pattern Church Penzance Drive Swindon SN5 7JL
Received 19 Mar 202549 Ferndale Road Swindon SN2 1BU
Received 19 Mar 2025Swindon College North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1DY
Received 19 Mar 202533 Old Brewery Lane Swindon Swindon SN1 3FQ
Received 18 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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