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.
4,645 approved · 544 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Foxbridge Village South New Eastern Villages Wanborough Road Wanborough Swindon
Received 7 Jan 2026Land To The West Of Former Electricity Sub Station Langton Park Wroughton Swindon
Received 7 Jan 202617 Brewery Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AJ
Received 7 Jan 2026Lynt House Lynt Farm Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7QZ
Received 7 Jan 202610 Wyvern Close Old Town Swindon SN1 4DL
Received 8 Jan 202631 Marlborough Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RX
Received 8 Jan 202616 Blunsdon Road Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1JD
Received 8 Jan 2026Unit 1 Crompton Road Groundwell Industrial Estate Swindon SN25 5AW
Received 9 Jan 202623 Darius Way Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4XT
Received 8 Jan 202620 Tudor Crescent Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4JU
Received 9 Jan 202643 Argyle Street Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 8AS
Received 12 Jan 2026Rosedene Lechlade Road Inglesham Swindon SN6 7RB
Received 12 Jan 2026Duke Of Edinburgh P H Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AE
Received 12 Jan 2026Spectrum House Mead Way Swindon
Received 14 Jan 2026Spectrum House Mead Way Swindon
Received 14 Jan 2026The Rails Oxon Place Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PS
Received 13 Jan 20266 Dobson Close St Andrews Ridge Swindon SN25 4GE
Received 13 Jan 202628 Leverton Gate Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1ND
Received 13 Jan 2026Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 13 Jan 2026The Hawthorns Cues Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PL
Received 13 Jan 2026Juno Gardens Highworth Swindon SN6 7FP
Received 13 Jan 20267 Angus Close Ramleaze Swindon SN5 5PS
Received 14 Jan 202642 Brickworth Place Swindon SN3 6FT
Received 15 Jan 20268 Briery Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PA
Received 13 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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