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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.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Swindon Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,617 approved · 543 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Off Morse Street Swindon SN1 5QR
Received 30 Sept 202524 - 25 Bridge Street Swindon SN1 1BP
Received 2 Oct 2025Redlands Park Swindon Road Highworth Swindon
Received 1 Oct 2025Former Honda UK Manufacturing Plant 1 Highworth Road Swindon
Received 2 Oct 202525 Dixon Street Swindon SN1 3PL
Received 2 Oct 202544 The Parade Swindon SN1 1BA
Received 3 Oct 2025Swindon Railway Village- Comprising Of Properties Located On Bristol Street, Bathampton Street, Exeter Street, Church Place, Emlyn Square, Taunton Street, Faringdon Road, Reading Street, Oxford Street, London Street And East Street.
Received 3 Oct 2025Swindon Railway Village- Comprising Of Properties Located On Bristol Street, Bathampton Street, Exeter Street, Church Place, Emlyn Square, Taunton Street, Faringdon Road, Reading Street, Oxford Street, London Street And East Street.
Received 3 Oct 2025Middle Wichel Section 2 Mill Lane Swindon
Received 1 Oct 2025Abbey Farm Lady Lane Blunsdon St. Andrew Swindon SN25 2SW
Received 2 Oct 20256 Dalton Close Walcot Swindon SN3 3HD
Received 2 Oct 2025Oliver Tomkins Ce Junior School Beaumaris Road Toothill Swindon SN5 8LW
Received 6 Oct 202555 Broome Manor Lane Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1NB
Received 3 Oct 20258 Falkirk Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DU
Received 3 Oct 2025The Bungalow The Marsh Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AS
Received 6 Oct 20259 Manor Park South Marston Swindon SN3 4RR
Received 6 Oct 20253 Swindon Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AH
Received 3 Oct 2025568-574 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 7AS
Received 7 Oct 2025Land Rear Of 162 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3BJ
Received 8 Oct 2025Unit 4 Keypoint Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RX
Received 7 Oct 202519 Cricklade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7BW
Received 7 Oct 2025Rosedene Lechlade Road Inglesham Swindon SN6 7RB
Received 8 Oct 202521 Dunvant Road Redhouse Swindon SN25 2AW
Received 7 Oct 202555 Commercial Road Swindon SN1 5NX
Received 9 Oct 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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