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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4,665 approved · 545 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Sandringham Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1HX
Received 27 Feb 20267 Baron Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4XQ
Received 27 Feb 2026School House Windsor Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1JP
Received 27 Feb 2026Foxbridge Village South Wanborough Road Wanborough Swindon
Received 27 Feb 2026Longways Front Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BJ
Received 27 Feb 202663-67 Moormead Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9BU
Received 2 Mar 202668 Olive Grove Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN25 3DB
Received 2 Mar 202695 Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 27 Feb 2026233 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NN
Received 2 Mar 202628 Carisbrooke Terrace Chiseldon Swindon SN4 0LW
Received 2 Mar 202628 Marigold Close Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2SY
Received 2 Mar 202633 Bridge End Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4PD
Received 2 Mar 20264 Lakeside Old Town Swindon SN3 1QE
Received 2 Mar 202626 Malvern Road Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 1AT
Received 2 Mar 2026Land At Shrivenham Road Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon
Received 2 Mar 20261 The Quadrant Stonehill Green Swindon SN5 7DJ
Received 3 Mar 20261 The Quadrant Stonehill Green Swindon SN5 7DJ
Received 3 Mar 20263 Thatchers View Cues Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PL
Received 2 Mar 202634 Union Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3LD
Received 3 Mar 2026The Old Vicarage Church Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PY
Received 3 Mar 202617 Jutes Green Wroughton Swindon SN4 0GN
Received 3 Mar 2026Bus Shelter At Dorcan Way Opposite Entrance Holiday Inn Swindon
Received 3 Mar 2026Land At Gateway North Latham Road Abbey Meads Swindon
Received 4 Mar 20261-144 Great Western Outlet Village, Office Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DY
Received 4 Mar 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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