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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.
4,689 approved · 550 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
39 Avonmead Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3NY
Received 8 May 20267 Nuthatch Close Covingham Swindon SN3 5LB
Received 7 May 2026171 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NY
Received 7 May 2026424 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 7BD
Received 7 May 2026Pembroke Gardens Pavilion Abbey View Road Swindon SN25 3EW
Received 8 May 2026Redlands (Phase 2) Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 7 May 2026Woodham House West Bakers Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RP
Received 8 May 202657 Bath Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4AU
Received 7 May 2026Costow Farm Cottages 3 Wharf Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9QN
Received 7 May 2026Sewage Treatment Works Queens Road Hannington Swindon SN6 7RP
Received 6 May 202669 Thames Avenue Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 3NS
Received 8 May 20261 Croft Road Swindon SN1 4DG
Received 8 May 2026Electricity Sub Station 81M From The Carphone Warehouse Bridge House Wootton Bassett Road Swindon SN5 8WF
Received 11 May 2026Bartrop Yard Westrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7HJ
Received 8 May 2026Former Intel Uk Ltd Pipers Way Old Town Swindon SN3 1RJ
Received 8 May 2026112 Ridge Nether Moor Liden Swindon SN3 6NE
Received 8 May 202610 Bancroft Close Grange Park Swindon SN5 6HB
Received 11 May 20265 Whatleys Orchard Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8QB
Received 11 May 2026196 Shrivenham Road Swindon SN1 2NT
Received 12 May 202634 Church Walk South Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 2JE
Received 8 May 2026The Great Western Hospital Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 6BB
Received 12 May 2026Garage To The South Side Of 46 Hallam Moor Swindon
Received 11 May 2026Abbey Gardens Lady Lane Swindon SN25 2DW
Received 12 May 20265 William Street Kingshill Swindon SN1 5LB
Received 12 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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