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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.
4,626 approved · 543 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent Ot Eden Field Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon
Received 24 Oct 2025Land Off East Drive Blunsdon Abbey Park Blunsdon Swindon SN25 2DP
Received 24 Oct 20255 Okebourne Park Liden Swindon SN3 6AH
Received 24 Oct 2025Scorpio House Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8YG
Received 24 Oct 2025Pegasus House Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8YG
Received 24 Oct 2025Parcels R1-R2 New Eastern Villages Swindon Wiltshire
Received 27 Oct 2025Highworth Methodist Church Vicarage Lane Highworth Swindon SN6 7AD
Received 27 Oct 202523 Shipton Grove Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1BZ
Received 27 Oct 20254 Vega Close Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2HT
Received 27 Oct 2025Unit 8A Panattoni Park Highworth Road Swindon
Received 27 Oct 202527 Moresby Close Westlea Swindon SN5 7BX
Received 27 Oct 20255 Berton Close Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BE
Received 27 Oct 202516 Rochester Close Toothill Swindon SN5 8JS
Received 27 Oct 202525 John Herring Crescent Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4JJ
Received 28 Oct 202555 54 - 57 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5NX
Received 29 Oct 20256 Quarry Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EN
Received 28 Oct 2025Manor Cottage Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NY
Received 28 Oct 20254 College Farm Cottages Lechlade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7QU
Received 28 Oct 20256 Balmoral Close Lawn Swindon SN3 1HR
Received 29 Oct 202517 Glenwood Close Old Town Swindon SN1 4EB
Received 30 Oct 202517 Glenwood Close Old Town Swindon SN1 4EB
Received 29 Oct 20252 Hilton Close Swindon SN1 3HX
Received 30 Oct 202589 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AX
Received 29 Oct 2025Westlecot Manor Mill Lane Swindon SN1 4HF
Received 30 Oct 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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