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.
4,636 approved · 544 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 19 Nov 2025Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 19 Nov 202596 Manchester Road Swindon SN1 2AJ
Received 20 Nov 202510 Alanbrooke Crescent Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1PU
Received 19 Nov 2025O/S Fleming Way Retail Park, Fleming Way Swindon SN1 2NG
Received 19 Nov 2025Merestone 3 Trenchard Road Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon SN6 7RZ
Received 19 Nov 20252 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 21 Nov 2025TEST CASE Wat Tyler House
Received 20 Nov 2025Opposite 7 Newport Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3DX
Received 20 Nov 20258 Parham Walk Grange Park Swindon SN5 6EQ
Received 20 Nov 2025Charlbury House Hatchet Hill Hinton Parva Swindon SN4 0DW
Received 20 Nov 202525 Belle Vue Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3HN
Received 20 Nov 2025Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 21 Nov 2025The Lyra Building Swindon College North Star Avenue Swindon SN2 1DY
Received 21 Nov 2025Hill Crest 60 Church Walk South Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 2JE
Received 21 Nov 20251 Gairlock Close Sparcells Swindon SN5 5FT
Received 21 Nov 2025Pattern Church Penzance Drive Swindon SN5 7JL
Received 24 Nov 2025Pattern Church Penzance Drive Swindon SN5 7JL
Received 24 Nov 2025Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon
Received 21 Nov 202511 Wallis Drive St Andrews Ridge Swindon SN25 4GA
Received 24 Nov 2025The Globe 7 Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 24 Nov 2025The Globe 7 Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 24 Nov 202529 Carisbrooke Terrace Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LW
Received 24 Nov 202517 Glenwood Close Old Town Swindon SN1 4EB
Received 24 Nov 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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