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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.
4,585 approved · 538 refused · 290 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 3 Sept 1981 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Weald School Lane Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6LF
Received 11 Jul 2025158 Swindon Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PN
Received 11 Jul 202574 Curtis Street Swindon SN1 5LR
Received 14 Jul 2025Ridgeway Hospital Moormead Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DD
Received 11 Jul 202510 - 14 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 11 Jul 202549 Blanchard Road Tadpole Garden Village Swindon SN25 2UW
Received 11 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To Littlecroft Pontings Close Blunsdon Swindon
Received 11 Jul 20251 Draycott Farm Cottages Draycot Foliat Lane Draycot Foliat Swindon SN4 0HX
Received 14 Jul 2025Haydon Wick Farm Pond Street Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3JE
Received 14 Jul 20258 Liddington Street Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1SF
Received 15 Jul 202521 Cherry Orchard Highworth Swindon SN6 7AU
Received 14 Jul 2025Rear Of 134 Grange Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4LA
Received 9 Jul 202556 - 57 54 - 57 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5NX
Received 15 Jul 2025Grove Farmhouse Grove Farm Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 14 Jul 2025Grove Farmhouse Grove Farm Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 14 Jul 2025Land At Shrivenham Road Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 14 Jul 2025Land At Shrivenham Road Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 14 Jul 202510 St James Close Queensfield Swindon SN2 7ST
Received 15 Jul 2025Pinford The Forty Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PQ
Received 15 Jul 2025Mulberry Kembrey Business Park Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 8UY
Received 16 Jul 2025Former Oak & Ash House Brimble Hill Wroughton Swindon
Received 16 Jul 2025Cheriton Care Home 41 - 51 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EZ
Received 15 Jul 202512 Manor Park South Marston Swindon SN3 4RR
Received 15 Jul 202579 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NX
Received 17 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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