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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.
4,681 approved · 549 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Codford Lane Swindon SN1 7EH
Received 1 May 2026Stanton Waters Farm Highworth Lane Hannington Swindon SN6 7RY
Received 30 Apr 202661 Priory Green Highworth Swindon SN6 7NU
Received 1 May 202619 Woodland View Wroughton Swindon SN4 9BD
Received 1 May 2026Great Western Outlet Village 1 - 144 Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DY
Received 1 May 202662 Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4HD
Received 5 May 202620 Church Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4NB
Received 5 May 2026Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 5 May 2026Withybank Bakers Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RP
Received 5 May 2026Hintons Cottages 13 Old Shaw Lane Swindon SN5 5PH
Received 5 May 202610 Dockle Way Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7LQ
Received 5 May 2026Streetside Front Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7BJ
Received 1 May 2026Lay-by Highworth Road Swindon
Received 6 May 202617 Watling Close Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2BU
Received 5 May 2026Unit 4 To 5 The Arcade 29C Wood Street Old Town Swindon SN1 4AN
Received 6 May 202635 John Herring Crescent Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4JJ
Received 5 May 202669 Woodside Avenue Old Walcot Swindon SN3 1DU
Received 5 May 20268 Leverton Gate Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1ND
Received 6 May 20261 Badgers Close Wanborough Swindon SN4 0EN
Received 6 May 2026Sewage Works Queens Road Hannington Swindon
Received 7 May 2026Land Adjacent To The Former Check Inn 79 Woodland View Wroughton Swindon SN4 9AA
Received 6 May 2026107 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NX
Received 6 May 2026Hanger C2 Orbital Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0FS
Received 7 May 20261 Westleaze Mill Lane Swindon SN1 7NU
Received 7 May 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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