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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.
4,802 approved · 557 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
52 Windsor Road Lawn Swindon SN3 1JX
Received 9 Sept 202626 Malvern Road Gorse Hill Swindon SN2 1AT
Received 7 Sept 2026Spectrum Building Mead Way Swindon SN15 7UT
Received 8 Sept 2026Tesco Ocotal Way Swindon
Received 9 Sept 202620 Bradwell Moor Liden Swindon SN3 6NH
Received 9 Sept 2026Spectrum Building Mead Way Swindon SN15 7UT
Received 8 Sept 2026Unit K Bridgemead Industrial Estate Ashworth Road Bridgemead Swindon SN5 7UZ
Received 9 Sept 202647 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AG
Received 8 Sept 202647 High Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 7AG
Received 8 Sept 2026413 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AQ
Received 8 Sept 202642 Bydemill Gardens Highworth Swindon SN6 7BS
Received 9 Sept 2026450 Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 7BE
Received 10 Sept 202613 King John Street Old Town Swindon SN1 3DB
Received 10 Sept 2026Little Thatch High Street Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AE
Received 9 Sept 202623 Queen Elizabeth Drive Swindon SN25 1WR
Received 8 Sept 202624 Bradley Road Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 7QB
Received 10 Sept 2026Land At Bridgewater Close Hawksworth Industrial Estate Swindon
Received 10 Sept 2026Land North Of A420 Rowborough Lane South Marston Swindon
Received 10 Sept 202616 Biddel Springs Highworth Swindon SN6 7BH
Received 9 Sept 20268 Wildern Square Kingsdown Swindon SN3 4RG
Received 10 Sept 2026The Croft Sports Centre Marlborough Lane Old Town Swindon SN3 1RA
Received 10 Sept 2026244 Croft Road Swindon SN1 4RW
Received 11 Sept 2026Land Adjacent To Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
Received 14 Sept 2026Lotmead Site Eastern Villages Swindon Swindon
Received 14 Sept 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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