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.
4,574 approved · 538 refused · 290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
The Old Post Office 45 Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN6 7RP
Received 24 Jun 202512 Sparcells Drive Sparcells Swindon SN5 5FY
Received 25 Jun 20253 Hudson Way Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4WJ
Received 25 Jun 2025Ivydene High Street Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AD
Received 24 Jun 202525 Hesketh Crescent Old Town Swindon SN3 1RY
Received 25 Jun 2025Unit R1 Britannia Trade Park Radway Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4ND
Received 26 Jun 2025The Old Dairy Badbury Lane Badbury Swindon SN4 0EU
Received 26 Jun 2025River Wood West End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PG
Received 25 Jun 202536 Wildern Square Kingsdown Swindon SN3 4RG
Received 25 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Of Nationwide, 47-48 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS
Received 26 Jun 2025Pavement Outside Of Nationwide, 47-48 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JS
Received 26 Jun 202521 Regent Circus Swindon SN1 1PN
Received 26 Jun 2025Land Off Little Rose Lane Swindon
Received 27 Jun 2025Home Farm Shrivenham Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RT
Received 27 Jun 2025Cemetery Church Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4NB
Received 27 Jun 202515 Cleeve Lawns Lawn Swindon SN3 1LE
Received 27 Jun 202562 Sunningdale Road Swindon SN25 3AZ
Received 30 Jun 202512 Cabot Drive Grange Park Swindon SN5 6HG
Received 27 Jun 2025Kevanney 15 Clayhill Copse Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5AL
Received 30 Jun 202527 Clayhill Copse Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5AL
Received 27 Jun 2025Chiseldon Primary School Castle View Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NS
Received 30 Jun 20251 Stirling Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HG
Received 30 Jun 2025Land At Shrivenham Road Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 30 Jun 202557 Sandown Avenue Lakeside Swindon SN3 1QQ
Received 30 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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