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.
4,761 approved · 555 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Sussex Place Somerville Road Walcot Swindon
Received 15 Jul 2026119 Perrys Lane Wroughton Swindon SN4 9BA
Received 15 Jul 2026Farm Buildings At Eastrop Farm Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7QQ
Received 15 Jul 2026Coachbuilders House Stratton Road Stratton St Margaret Swindon
Received 16 Jul 20264 Highclere Avenue Lawn Swindon SN3 1HB
Received 16 Jul 2026Farm Buildings At Eastrop Farm Shrivenham Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7QQ
Received 16 Jul 2026Supermarine Sports Club Supermarine Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4BZ
Received 17 Jul 20268 Leverton Gate Broome Manor Swindon SN3 1ND
Received 16 Jul 202645 Whitworth Road Swindon SN25 3AW
Received 16 Jul 2026Westrop Cottage 24 Cricklade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7BL
Received 16 Jul 2026Great Western Academy William Morris Way Tadpole Garden Village Swindon SN25 2PP
Received 17 Jul 2026117 Inglesham Road Penhill Swindon SN2 5DJ
Received 16 Jul 20266 Malvern Road Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 1AR
Received 17 Jul 2026The Garden Cottage Church Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JS
Received 20 Jul 2026The Garden Cottage Church Hill Wroughton Swindon SN4 9JS
Received 20 Jul 202693 Havisham Drive Haydon End Swindon SN25 1SL
Received 20 Jul 202699 - 100 Victoria Road Old Town Swindon
Received 20 Jul 2026Roves Farm Roves Lane Sevenhampton Swindon SN6 7QG
Received 20 Jul 2026Park Lodge Parkside Swindon SN3 4PY
Received 20 Jul 2026Parsonage House 21 Church Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0BZ
Received 20 Jul 2026Maple Tree Cottage 17A Turnpike Road Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7EA
Received 20 Jul 20262 Castleton Road Middleleaze Swindon SN5 5GD
Received 21 Jul 2026Land Adjacent To Chacewater The Pitchens Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RU
Received 20 Jul 202658 Kingshill Road Kingshill Swindon SN1 4LH
Received 21 Jul 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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