Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,543 approved · 536 refused · 289 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Croft Yard Ham Road Wanborough Swindon
Received 27 Mar 202564 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AE
Received 27 Mar 202548 Harcourt Road Ferndale Swindon SN2 1DR
Received 27 Mar 2025Mannington Depot Telford Way Mannington Swindon
Received 31 Mar 20253 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EZ
Received 28 Mar 202573 Duchess Way Queensfield Swindon SN2 7TB
Received 28 Mar 2025Round Robin Cottage 2 Sevenhampton Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7PY
Received 31 Mar 202538 Hunt Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3HW
Received 31 Mar 2025Rear Of 94/95 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3BD
Received 31 Mar 20252 Bronte Close Liden Swindon SN3 6JL
Received 31 Mar 202560 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4HD
Received 31 Mar 20257 Mayfield Close Nythe Swindon SN3 3NH
Received 31 Mar 2025108 Thames Avenue Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3NT
Received 31 Mar 20251 Groundwell Road Swindon SN1 2LT
Received 28 Mar 202528 New Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LU
Received 31 Mar 20253 Church Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0BZ
Received 28 Mar 2025Land At Barra Close Highworth Swindon SN6 7HX
Received 28 Mar 202528 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR
Received 28 Mar 202529 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR
Received 28 Mar 2025Ringstones 1 Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 5DL
Received 31 Mar 2025Unit 2 Symmetry Park Laines Way Swindon SN3 4DB
Received 1 Apr 2025Hillview Marlborough Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0EP
Received 31 Mar 2025Commonhead Site Cottles Close Swindon Swindon
Received 21 Mar 202523 Downs View Road Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1NS
Received 31 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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