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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.
4,543 approved · 536 refused · 289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
45 Haydon View Road Swindon SN25 3AT
Received 25 Mar 202533 Kellsboro Avenue Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HU
Received 25 Mar 2025Prebendal Farm Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PT
Received 25 Mar 202533 Castleton Road Middleleaze Swindon SN5 5GE
Received 26 Mar 202546 Southwold Close Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2BD
Received 25 Mar 2025123 Thames Avenue Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3NS
Received 25 Mar 20258 Coate Lane Coate Swindon SN3 6GD
Received 26 Mar 202569 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HS
Received 25 Mar 2025Wh Smith Headquarters Wh Smith Site Greenbridge Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 3JE
Received 26 Mar 202536 Devizes Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4BG
Received 27 Mar 2025Unit K Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Cheney Manor Swindon SN2 2QB
Received 27 Mar 202547 Kent Road Kingshill Swindon SN1 3NG
Received 26 Mar 2025The Oasis Leisure Centre Hawksworth Way Swindon SN2 1EP
Received 26 Mar 20254 Manor Close Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BD
Received 26 Mar 20254 Manor Close Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BD
Received 26 Mar 202562 Sunningdale Road Swindon SN25 3AZ
Received 26 Mar 2025Land At Foxbridge Village North Wanborough Road Swindon
Received 26 Mar 2025Wasdell Packaging Limited Groundwell Industrial Estate Stephenson Road Swindon SN25 5AX
Received 27 Mar 2025Trinity Hall Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3AL
Received 27 Mar 2025Oxleaze Farm Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RX
Received 27 Mar 202523 Rycote Close Grange Park Swindon SN5 6AP
Received 27 Mar 202513 Pembroke Gardens Moredon Swindon SN25 3EN
Received 27 Mar 202575 Wheeler Avenue Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7HL
Received 28 Mar 202524 - 25 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 28 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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