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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.
4,783 approved · 556 refused · 306 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bartrop Yard Unit B Westrop Highworth Swindon SN6 7HJ
Received 13 Aug 20265 Loveage Close Woodhall Park Swindon SN2 2TW
Received 11 Aug 2026The Grove Drove Road Swindon SN1 3AG
Received 13 Aug 2026Oxleaze Farm Thornhill Road South Marston Swindon SN3 4RX
Received 13 Aug 202635 Naunton Road Walcot Swindon SN3 3DQ
Received 14 Aug 2026Land Off Kingsdown Lane Highworth Road Swindon SN3 4SF
Received 14 Aug 2026Old Farm House Mount Pleasant Farm Mount Pleasant Farm Lane Horpit Swindon SN4 0AU
Received 11 Aug 202624 Bradley Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7QB
Received 14 Aug 2026Unit 48 Thornhill Industrial Estate South Marston Swindon SN3 4TA
Received 14 Aug 2026Tanglewood 2 The Avenue Stanton Fitzwarren Swindon SN6 7SE
Received 14 Aug 2026Three Trees Farm Office Draycot Foliat Lane Draycot Foliat Swindon SN4 0HX
Received 17 Aug 2026Land At Lotmead Farm Eastern Villages Swindon
Received 17 Aug 2026Arthurs Meadow Pentylands Lane Highworth Swindon SN6 7FR
Received 18 Aug 202632 Eastmere Liden Swindon SN3 6JY
Received 17 Aug 2026The Calley Arms 2 Ham Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0DF
Received 17 Aug 2026The Calley Arms 2 Ham Road Wanborough Swindon SN4 0DF
Received 17 Aug 2026Abbey Gardens Lady Lane Swindon SN25 2DW
Received 17 Aug 202672 The Mall Old Town Swindon SN1 4JG
Received 17 Aug 2026Spectrum Building Mead Way Swindon SN15 7UT
Received 18 Aug 2026Spectrum Building Mead Way Swindon SN15 7UT
Received 18 Aug 2026Swindon Railway Village- Comprising Of Properties Located On Bristol Street, Bathampton Street, Exeter Street, Church Place, Emlyn Square, Taunton Street, Faringdon Road, Reading Street, Oxford Street, London Street And East Street.
Received 19 Aug 2026Swindon Railway Village- Comprising Of Properties Located On Bristol Street, Bathampton Street, Exeter Street, Church Place, Emlyn Square, Taunton Street, Faringdon Road, Reading Street, Oxford Street, London Street And East Street.
Received 19 Aug 2026Mcdonalds Cockleberry Great Western Way Swindon SN2 1US
Received 20 Aug 2026Four Seasons 1 St Helens Gardens Wroughton Swindon SN4 0RD
Received 20 Aug 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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