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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.
4,550 approved · 537 refused · 290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
12 Kerrs Way Wroughton Swindon SN4 9EH
Received 14 Apr 20251 Melfort Close Sparcells Swindon SN5 5FG
Received 14 Apr 2025Prospect Court 60 Prospect Place Old Town Swindon SN1 3LJ
Received 14 Apr 2025187 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BX
Received 14 Apr 20251 Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 14 Apr 2025Bluebells 17 Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 5DL
Received 11 Apr 2025Manor Cottage Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NY
Received 11 Apr 2025Sn1 Station Road Swindon
Received 15 Apr 202533 Whittington Road Westlea Swindon SN5 7DF
Received 14 Apr 202530 Euclid Street Swindon SN1 2JW
Received 15 Apr 202528 Downland Road Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2RD
Received 15 Apr 2025115 Mulberry Grove Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1JB
Received 15 Apr 2025Gloucester House 72 Broome Manor Lane Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1LX
Received 15 Apr 20255 Park Lane Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0FY
Received 15 Apr 20257 Everleigh Road Penhill Swindon SN2 5HB
Received 15 Apr 202527 The Circle Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1QZ
Received 15 Apr 202520 Watling Close Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2BU
Received 16 Apr 2025Delta 1200 Welton Road Westlea Swindon
Received 16 Apr 202550 Broome Manor Lane Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1LX
Received 16 Apr 202516 Botany Highworth Swindon SN6 7BT
Received 17 Apr 20255 Frith Copse Swindon SN5 5AZ
Received 17 Apr 2025Electricity Substation Albert Street Old Town Swindon
Received 17 Apr 202549 Sedgebrook Liden Swindon SN3 6EZ
Received 22 Apr 202545 Bolingbroke Road Moredon Swindon SN2 2JX
Received 22 Apr 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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