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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4,665 approved · 545 refused · 296 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Kennet Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9EB
Received 9 Mar 202649 Okebourne Park Liden Swindon SN3 6AJ
Received 9 Mar 2026Coate Water Miniature Railway Coate Water Country Park Marlborough Road Swindon, Wiltshire SN3 6AA
Received 11 Mar 2026Little Thatch High Street Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AE
Received 10 Mar 2026Swindon Crown Court Islington Street Swindon SN1 2HG
Received 11 Mar 2026St John The Baptist Church Church Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7RD
Received 11 Mar 2026St John The Baptist Church Church Lane Inglesham Swindon SN6 7RD
Received 11 Mar 2026Roseveare Ham Road Liddington Swindon SN4 0HH
Received 10 Mar 20269 Faringdon Road Swindon SN1 5AR
Received 11 Mar 202614 Addison Crescent Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7JX
Received 10 Mar 202676 Southbrook Street Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1HG
Received 11 Mar 2026Health Hydro Milton Road Swindon SN1 5JD
Received 12 Mar 2026Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 11 Mar 2026413 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AQ
Received 13 Mar 202652 Barrowby Gate Kingsdown Swindon SN3 4UH
Received 12 Mar 2026CEMEX Swindon Concrete Plant Unit N Wedgewood Close Hawksworth Industrial Estate Swindon SN2 1DZ
Received 13 Mar 2026Land At Drakes Meadow Greenbridge Industrial Estate Swindon
Received 12 Mar 2026Security Hut Latham Road Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4DL
Received 12 Mar 2026Test Case For Advert List
Received 12 Mar 2026Hurst House 11 Pinetree Rise Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN25 3BY
Received 12 Mar 202623 Wills Avenue Marshgate Swindon SN1 2PZ
Received 16 Mar 2026Trinity Hall Victoria Road Old Town Swindon SN1 3AL
Received 12 Mar 202614 Horseshoe Crescent Peatmoor Swindon SN5 5AJ
Received 16 Mar 20261 Danestone Close Middleleaze Swindon SN5 5GP
Received 16 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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