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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.
4,583 approved · 538 refused · 290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Estate Office Kembrey Business Park Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 8YZ
Received 4 Jul 202544 Prospect Place Old Town Swindon SN1 3LG
Received 8 Jul 20255 Maxwell Street Swindon SN1 5DR
Received 4 Jul 202588 Akers Way Moredon Swindon SN2 2NE
Received 8 Jul 2025Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 8 Jul 2025Canford House 13 Devizes Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4BH
Received 9 Jul 2025Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 8 Jul 202562 St Philips Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7QP
Received 8 Jul 202548 Frobisher Drive Walcot Swindon SN3 3AJ
Received 10 Jul 2025Wellington House Wellington Street Swindon
Received 10 Jul 2025Land At Shrivenham Road Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 9 Jul 2025Land At Former Oak And Ash House Brimble Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RA
Received 10 Jul 2025Sulvadene Quarry Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EN
Received 11 Jul 2025White Cottage Broad Bush Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7DH
Received 10 Jul 202539 Moresby Close Westlea Swindon SN5 7BX
Received 10 Jul 2025Units 8b, 10b, 12b, 13b, And 14B West Shed Carriage Works London Street Swindon
Received 9 Jul 2025Units 8b, 10b, 12b, 13b, And 14B West Shed Carriage Works London Street Swindon SN1 5DE
Received 9 Jul 2025Bluebells 17 Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 5DL
Received 8 Jul 20258-10 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4BA
Received 9 Jul 2025Prebendal Farm Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PT
Received 10 Jul 202543A Green Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7JB
Received 10 Jul 2025Land At Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 10 Jul 2025Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 10 Jul 2025New Inn Swindon Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PN
Received 11 Jul 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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