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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.
4,569 approved · 538 refused · 290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Prebendal Farm Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PT
Received 16 Jun 2025The Old Police House 38 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 16 Jun 2025481 Ferndale Road Swindon SN2 1DF
Received 16 Jun 202544 Montagu Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2HW
Received 16 Jun 2025Units 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 14, 15, 20, 22 & 24 Moorleaze Farm The Marsh Wanborough Swindon SN4 0SW
Received 16 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Of Regent Circus, Swindon. SN1 1PR
Received 17 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Of Regent Circus, Swindon. SN1 1PR
Received 17 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Of Iceland 55 - 67 Cricklade Road Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 1AA
Received 17 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Of Iceland 55 - 67 Cricklade Road Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 1AA
Received 17 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Central Library Swindon Wiltshire
Received 17 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Central Library Swindon Wiltshire
Received 17 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Of 26 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 17 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Of 26 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 17 Jun 202545 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AG
Received 16 Jun 202545 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AG
Received 16 Jun 202519 Hackleton Rise Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4EF
Received 17 Jun 2025Sevenhampton House Sevenhampton Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QA
Received 17 Jun 2025Oxleaze Farm Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RX
Received 17 Jun 2025Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 17 Jun 202511 Beech Lea Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7DE
Received 17 Jun 202511 Birchwood Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4JN
Received 18 Jun 2025Prebendal Farm Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PT
Received 18 Jun 20252 Radstock Avenue Swindon SN3 2QF
Received 18 Jun 202525 Inverary Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DH
Received 18 Jun 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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