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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.
4,554 approved · 537 refused · 290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Scorpio House Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8YG
Received 28 Apr 202521 King Henry Drive Grange Park Swindon SN5 6BL
Received 29 Apr 2025Unit 1 Stirling Road Swindon SN3 4TT
Received 30 Apr 2025Telecommunication Mast 222230A Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon
Received 29 Apr 202567 County Road Swindon SN1 2EE
Received 30 Apr 202579A Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HT
Received 30 Apr 2025Middle Farm Inglesham Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QW
Received 30 Apr 2025Surgery Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4BF
Received 1 May 2025Pavement At 12 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3AJ
Received 1 May 2025Pavement At 12 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3AJ
Received 1 May 2025Pavement At 109-110 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5PL
Received 1 May 2025Pavement At 109 - 110 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5PL
Received 1 May 2025Pavement At 31 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 1 May 2025Pavement 31 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 1 May 202528 Carisbrooke Terrace Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LW
Received 2 May 2025Units 5 And 6 Ravenseft Park Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Cheney Manor Swindon SN2 2QP
Received 2 May 202562-63 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS
Received 1 May 202562-63 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS
Received 1 May 2025Land Off Merlin Way Covingham Swindon
Received 1 May 2025Combe Rise Broad Bush Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7DH
Received 1 May 202512 Ceres Road Swindon SN26 8AF
Received 2 May 2025Units 5 & 6 Ravenseft Park Cheney Manor Industrial Estate Cheney Manor Swindon SN2 2QP
Received 6 May 2025Edison House Edison Road Dorcan Swindon SN3 5JX
Received 2 May 2025The Heights Grosvenor Road Kingshill Swindon SN1 4NN
Received 2 May 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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