Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,704 approved · 552 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Phase 3 Land At Cavendish Square Park South Swindon Wilts
Received 20 May 2026Land At 26 Turnpike Road Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7EA
Received 20 May 2026West Swindon Health Centre West Swindon Centre Whitehill Way Swindon SN5 7DL
Received 20 May 2026Keypoint Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RY
Received 21 May 202641 Great Western Outlet Village 1 - 144 Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DY
Received 26 May 202641 Great Western Outlet Village 1 - 144 Kemble Drive Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2DY
Received 26 May 2026Intel Uk Ltd Pipers Way Old Town Swindon SN3 1RJ
Received 22 May 202646 Hyde Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7SB
Received 26 May 2026The Globe 7 Sheep Street Highworth Swindon SN6 7AA
Received 22 May 202632 Sandown Avenue Lakeside Swindon SN3 1QD
Received 26 May 202648 Newcastle Street Swindon SN1 2LQ
Received 27 May 2026Little Thatch High Street Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AE
Received 26 May 2026Parcel R10.2 & 10.3 Land North Of The A420 Swindon
Received 26 May 2026Redlands (Phase 2) Eastern Villages Swindon SN3 0AS
Received 26 May 2026Parcel R12 Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 26 May 2026Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 26 May 2026111 Wheeler Avenue Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN2 7HL
Received 26 May 2026Land At Catsbrain Farm Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4SZ
Received 26 May 20267 Shaw Ridge Leisure Park Shaw Swindon SN5 7DN
Received 27 May 20264 Grove Cottages Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 27 May 20267 Shaw Ridge Leisure Park Shaw Swindon SN5 7DN
Received 28 May 20265 Okebourne Park Liden Swindon SN3 6AH
Received 28 May 20267 Shaw Ridge Leisure Park Shaw Swindon SN5 7DN
Received 28 May 202624 Summerhouse Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9HZ
Received 28 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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