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4,761 approved · 555 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Thorney Park Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QR
Received 22 Jul 202634 Frilford Drive Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4JW
Received 22 Jul 2026G Park Kingsdown Road Kingsdown Swindon
Received 23 Jul 202623 Lyall Close Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2EH
Received 23 Jul 2026Unit 22 Elgin Industrial Estate Athena Avenue Elgin Swindon SN2 8EJ
Received 24 Jul 2026The Folly Nell Hill Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PW
Received 23 Jul 20262 High Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3EP
Received 24 Jul 2026Land At Lotmead Farm Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 27 Jul 2026Westlecot House Westlecot Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4EQ
Received 24 Jul 202625 Viking Close Haydon Wick Swindon SN25 2FF
Received 24 Jul 20261 Beranburh Field Wroughton Swindon SN4 0QL
Received 24 Jul 20266 Rosetta Close Oakhurst Swindon SN25 2JA
Received 24 Jul 20264 Grove Cottages Tadpole Lane Blunsdon St Andrew Swindon SN25 2DY
Received 27 Jul 202666 Fairlawn Liden Swindon SN3 6EU
Received 24 Jul 2026Lotmead Site Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 27 Jul 202614 Mulberry Grove Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 1HU
Received 27 Jul 2026Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages South Marston Swindon
Received 28 Jul 2026Former Honda UK Manufacturing Highworth Road Swindon
Received 28 Jul 2026116 Goddard Avenue Old Town Swindon SN1 4HU
Received 28 Jul 2026Unit 8 Ignition Park Swindon SN3 5FB
Received 29 Jul 2026Vale View 12 West End Lane Bishopstone Swindon SN6 8PX
Received 29 Jul 2026Land North Of A420 Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 29 Jul 202619 Woodland View Wroughton Swindon SN4 9BD
Received 29 Jul 20261 Okus Grove Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7QA
Received 29 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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