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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.
4,557 approved · 537 refused · 290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brunel House 52 Havelock Street Swindon SN1 1SD
Received 13 May 202571 Coronation Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AT
Received 14 May 20251 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8EF
Received 13 May 202513 The Quarries Old Town Swindon SN1 4EX
Received 14 May 2025Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 29 Apr 202528 Warneage Green Wanborough Swindon SN4 0DE
Received 13 May 20252 Tealsbrook Covingham Swindon SN3 5AU
Received 13 May 2025Unit 7 Panattoni Park Highworth Road Swindon
Received 14 May 2025Unit 8A Panattoni Park Highworth Road Swindon SN4 4AL
Received 14 May 2025Unit 8B Panattoni Park Highworth Road Swindon
Received 14 May 2025Unit 11 Panattoni Park Highworth Road Swindon
Received 14 May 2025Unit 12 Panattoni Park Highworth Road Swindon SN4 4AL
Received 13 May 2025Unit 7 Panattoni Park Swindon SN3 4AL
Received 14 May 2025Unit 8A Panattoni Park Highworth Road Swindon
Received 14 May 2025Unit 8B Panattoni Park Swindon SN3 4AL
Received 14 May 2025Unit 11 Panattoni Park Swindon SN3 4AL
Received 14 May 2025Unit 12 Panattoni Park Swindon SN3 4AL
Received 14 May 2025Land At Hill Cottage Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8BZ
Received 13 May 202595 Stafford Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3PF
Received 15 May 20256 Woodstock Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4BD
Received 14 May 2025Middle Farm Inglesham Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QY
Received 15 May 2025Regency House 151 - 152 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon
Received 13 May 2025Haybarns Morses Lane South Marston Swindon SN3 4FX
Received 13 May 202533 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EZ
Received 14 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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