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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.
4,720 approved · 552 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
25 Hathaway Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7TX
Received 8 Jun 202633 Cartwright Drive Old Shaw Swindon SN5 5QY
Received 8 Jun 2026Hill Top Kite Hill Wanborough Swindon SN4 0DD
Received 8 Jun 20264 Dunbar Road Wroughton Swindon SN4 9DS
Received 9 Jun 2026135 Rosebery Street Swindon SN1 2ET
Received 9 Jun 2026Lay-By Cricklade Road Swindon
Received 27 May 2026Blunsdon Caravan Park Main Drive Blunsdon Abbey Park Blunsdon Swindon Wiltshire SN25 2DU
Received 10 Jun 20269 Beranburh Field Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QL
Received 9 Jun 202638A The Green Highworth Swindon SN6 7DB
Received 10 Jun 2026Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 9 Jun 2026St Augustine's Church Summers Street Rodbourne Swindon SN2 2HA
Received 10 Jun 2026Glebe Barn The Street Castle Eaton Swindon SN6 6JZ
Received 10 Jun 20262 Richmond Road Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1LZ
Received 9 Jun 2026Blunsdon Caravan Park Main Drive Blunsdon Abbey Park Blunsdon Swindon Wiltshire
Received 10 Jun 2026127 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NJ
Received 10 Jun 2026129 Marlborough Road Swindon SN3 1NJ
Received 10 Jun 2026The Manor Badbury Lane Badbury Swindon SN4 0EU
Received 12 Jun 2026Lanterns 2 Revell Close Upper Stratton Swindon
Received 11 Jun 202619 Haig Close Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7QN
Received 11 Jun 2026Highworth Town Football Club The Elms Highworth Swindon
Received 11 Jun 202629 Grayling Avenue Swindon SN3 4TY
Received 15 Jun 2026Land At Langton Park Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QW
Received 12 Jun 20266 Belmont Close Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4QN
Received 12 Jun 202628 The Leasowes Tadpole Garden Village Swindon SN25 2RS
Received 12 Jun 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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