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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.
4,671 approved · 547 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Manor Farm House 55 The Street Liddington Swindon SN4 0HD
Received 27 Mar 2026The Lodge Ermin Way Foxhill Swindon SN4 0DS
Received 27 Mar 202637 Westrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7HJ
Received 30 Mar 202632 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HR
Received 30 Mar 2026The Old Vicarage 192 Beech Avenue Pinehurst Swindon SN2 1JJ
Received 30 Mar 202695 Stafford Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3PF
Received 30 Mar 202690 Northern Road Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1PL
Received 26 Mar 2026Atm Clive Parade Pinehurst Swindon
Received 31 Mar 2026Unit D, D3 North Swindon District Centre Abbey Meads Swindon SN25 4AN
Received 31 Mar 202670 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HS
Received 31 Mar 20264 Manor Park South Marston Swindon SN3 4RR
Received 30 Mar 20263 Anvil Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BT
Received 31 Mar 20265 Holmleigh Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 1RH
Received 31 Mar 202635 Wood Street Old Town Swindon SN1 4AN
Received 31 Mar 2026Unit 12B Unit 12 Dunbeath Road Elgin Swindon
Received 1 Apr 2026Dreyden Cottage 14 Whatleys Orchard Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QB
Received 31 Mar 202612 Sams Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AY
Received 31 Mar 20261 Callas Rise Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AQ
Received 31 Mar 2026Peter Furkins Court Westcott Street Kingshill Swindon SN1 5HN
Received 31 Mar 2026Spectrum House Mead Way Swindon
Received 1 Apr 2026Spectrum House Mead Way Swindon
Received 1 Apr 2026Spectrum House Mead Way Swindon
Received 1 Apr 20265 Leverton Gate Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1ND
Received 1 Apr 202612 Sams Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AY
Received 31 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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