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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.
4,665 approved · 545 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 19 Feb 2026Land At Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 18 Feb 2026Unit 35 Blackworth Industrial Estate Highworth Swindon SN6 7NA
Received 20 Feb 2026Former Car Park Of 10 Swindon Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PZ
Received 23 Feb 202698 - 100 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 8AF
Received 19 Feb 202625 Nursery Close Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DR
Received 20 Feb 202614 Okus Road Swindon SN1 4JQ
Received 23 Feb 202639-41 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RE
Received 23 Feb 202637 Castle Dore Freshbrook Swindon SN5 8PQ
Received 23 Feb 2026Woodham House East Bakers Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RP
Received 23 Feb 202672 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4HE
Received 25 Feb 2026Ridgeway Barn The Ridgeway Bishopstone Swindon SN4 0DP
Received 25 Feb 2026Unit 4 Panattoni Park Highworth Road Swindon
Received 24 Feb 202624 Fitzroy Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4DU
Received 24 Feb 202664 -72 Regent Street Swindon SN1 1JQ
Received 25 Feb 2026Pinford The Forty Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PQ
Received 25 Feb 20262 Manchester Road Swindon SN1 2AB
Received 25 Feb 2026Abbey View, Blunsdon Abbey Park Blunsdon Swindon
Received 24 Feb 2026Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 24 Feb 202620 Northfield Way Nythe Swindon SN3 3NJ
Received 25 Feb 2026Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 25 Feb 202643 Wessex Way Highworth Swindon SN6 7NT
Received 25 Feb 2026Lynton 12 Ham Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0DF
Received 25 Feb 202614 Reynolds Way St Andrews Ridge Swindon SN25 4GF
Received 27 Feb 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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