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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.
4,614 approved · 542 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
99 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5PL
Received 18 Sept 202590 Priors Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RW
Received 19 Sept 202513A Turnpike Road Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7EA
Received 23 Sept 202523 Leverton Gate Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1ND
Received 22 Sept 2025Fleming Way Units Fleming Way Swindon SN1 2NN
Received 22 Sept 20259 Highwood Close Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2RE
Received 24 Sept 202514 Pilgrim Close Ramleaze Swindon SN5 5EQ
Received 23 Sept 202592 Priors Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RW
Received 19 Sept 2025Cross Street Garage Thames Avenue Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3NT
Received 19 Sept 20258 Carlton Gate Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1NF
Received 23 Sept 20255 & 5A Groundwell Road Swindon SN1 2LT
Received 25 Sept 2025Land At Foxbridge Village New Eastern Villages Wanborough Road Wanborough Swindon
Received 23 Sept 2025Willow Haven 285 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AG
Received 24 Sept 2025Badbury Wick Cottage 45 Day House Lane Badbury Wick Swindon SN4 0ER
Received 25 Sept 2025Badbury Wick Cottage 45 Day House Lane Badbury Wick Swindon SN4 0ER
Received 25 Sept 2025Land At Hermitage Lane Stratton St Margaret Swindon
Received 24 Sept 20251-3 Moormead Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9BS
Received 26 Sept 202526 Dunsley Vale Swindon SN1 7BW
Received 26 Sept 202524 Marigold Close Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2SY
Received 25 Sept 2025Cross Street Garage Thames Avenue Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3NT
Received 19 Sept 2025St Marys Church Church Walk Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PY
Received 25 Sept 2025Arax Orchard Close Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AN
Received 25 Sept 20258 Grosvenor Road Kingshill Swindon SN1 4LU
Received 24 Sept 20251 Temple Chambers Temple Street Swindon SN1 1SQ
Received 26 Sept 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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