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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.
4,645 approved · 544 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cwrt Bleddyn 1 Slate Meadow Wanborough Swindon SN4 0BY
Received 24 Dec 2025113 Southbrook Street Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1HJ
Received 24 Dec 2025Bushey House 37 Church Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0BZ
Received 29 Dec 202562 Banwell Avenue Park North Swindon SN3 2NW
Received 29 Dec 2025Bruce Manor Highworth Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4SG
Received 29 Dec 202563 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EZ
Received 29 Dec 202515 Derwent Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7NL
Received 30 Dec 202548 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4HD
Received 29 Dec 202512 Old School Court Park North Swindon SN3 2PQ
Received 31 Dec 20253 The Forty Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PQ
Received 2 Jan 2026110 Queens Drive Swindon SN3 1AN
Received 2 Jan 2026Commonweal School The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JE
Received 2 Jan 202618 Wanshot Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RF
Received 2 Jan 20261 Blagrove House 2 - 3 Newport Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3DX
Received 6 Jan 2026Land North Of Blackworth Blackworth Industrial Estate Highworth Swindon SN6 7NA
Received 19 Dec 2025Unit 1 Panattoni Park Swindon SN3 4AL
Received 5 Jan 2026Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 5 Jan 20261 Stirling Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HG
Received 6 Jan 2026Unit D Millgrove House 59 Millgrove Street Redhouse Swindon SN25 2FW
Received 7 Jan 20261 Radstock Avenue Swindon SN3 2QF
Received 6 Jan 202628 Westcott Place Swindon SN1 5HW
Received 8 Jan 2026Land At Foxbridge Village South New Eastern Villages Wanborough Road Wanborough Swindon
Received 7 Jan 2026Stratton Park House 9 Wanborough Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4HG
Received 7 Jan 2026Winding Wood Icknield Way Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PT
Received 7 Jan 2026Records 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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