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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.
4,593 approved · 540 refused · 290 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Hardie Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PL
Received 29 Jul 2025Units 1B, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B And 15B Within The West Shed (Shop B) Carriage Works Station Industrial Estate Swindon SN1 5DE
Received 30 Jul 2025Units 1B, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B And 15B Within The West Shed (Shop B) Carriage Works Station Industrial Estate Swindon SN1 5DE
Received 30 Jul 20256 Rodway Wanborough Swindon SN4 0TN
Received 29 Jul 2025Land To Rear Of Staddlestones Butts Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0NN
Received 30 Jul 2025Phase 3 Lotmead Site Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 31 Jul 202515 Prospect Hill Old Town Swindon SN1 3JU
Received 31 Jul 2025Littlecot High Street Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PH
Received 1 Aug 2025Fish Brothers Elgin Drive Elgin Swindon SN2 8DP
Received 31 Jul 2025Prospect Quarter 61 Prospect Place Old Town Swindon SN1 3ET
Received 31 Jul 2025Unit A Frankland Road Blagrove Swindon SN5 8RU
Received 1 Aug 2025Land Off Shrivenham Road Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 31 Jul 202517 Raybrook Crescent Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2HR
Received 31 Jul 2025634 Queens Drive Swindon SN3 1AZ
Received 4 Aug 20254 Keycroft Copse Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5AE
Received 1 Aug 2025Land At Ashley Close Walcot Swindon
Received 1 Aug 2025Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 1 Aug 2025Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 1 Aug 2025Unit 2 Bush House Marlborough Road Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0HS
Received 4 Aug 2025Parcels R6 And R7 Land North Of A420 Swindon
Received 4 Aug 2025Willow Haven 285 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AG
Received 4 Aug 2025Willow Haven 285 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AG
Received 4 Aug 2025St Fillans High Street Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AD
Received 4 Aug 202556 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HS
Received 5 Aug 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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