Swindon planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Swindon Borough Council, updated daily. Swindon Borough Council received 306 planning applications in the last 90 days, 12 of them major schemes. 93% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 48 days.
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Recent applications in Swindon
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
Walnut Court Kembrey Business Park Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 8BN
110-apartment residential conversion, Swindon permitted-development route. Office-to-residential prior approval converting a business park building to 110 flats. Fit-out, partitioning, M&E rewiring and drainage drive the work, with kitchen and bathroom packages at high volume.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Office 1 Minton Place Station Road Swindon SN1 1DA
64-unit residential conversion under Part MA, Swindon. Class E office space becomes 61 one-bed and three two-bed flats via permitted development prior approval. Internal partitioning, rewiring, plumbing and fit-out packages dominate; unit volumes drive sanitaryware, doors and kitchen specification.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
Land At Nightingale Lane South Marston Swindon
Caravan residential site with dayrooms on 2.2 hectares, South Marston. Changes land use to stationing caravans with ancillary dayroom buildings, hardstanding and access at full application stage. Site infrastructure, hardstanding, drainage and dayroom fit-out are the main packages for material…
GroundworksHard landscapingDrainage
Building 1 Walnut Court Kembrey Business Park Upper Stratton Swindon SN2 8BN
Cladding replacement and bin/bike stores at Kembrey Business Park, Swindon. External alterations to Building 1 plus new ancillary storage structures at full application stage. Cladding, structural steelwork for stores and hard landscaping are the primary packages for specialist contractors.
CladdingStructural frameBrickwork
Land Adjacent To Ermin Street Blunsdon Swindon SN26 8AA
9-dwelling residential scheme, Swindon. Erects nine homes with access roads, landscaping and site servicing at full application stage. Groundworks, drainage and structural frame open first, with brickwork and roofing following at volume.
GroundworksDrainageStructural frame
171 Cheney Manor Road Swindon SN2 2NY
Single dwelling with technical consent and parking variation, Swindon. One new home following Permission in Principle, with amended parking layout and dwelling position at full application stage. Groundworks, frame, brickwork and roofing packages proceed once this technical detail is discharged.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Happy Acre Kingsdown Lane Blunsdon Swindon SN25 5DL
Single dwelling with agricultural condition removed, Swindon. Erects one new house by removing a restrictive occupancy condition from an earlier permission at full application stage. Groundworks, frame and envelope packages suit volume builders, with M&E and drainage completing the shell.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
91 Rodbourne Road Swindon SN2 1DH
Single detached dwelling, 40 sqm, at rear of Rodbourne Road. New one-bedroom house erected at the site rear, full application stage. Groundworks, concrete slab, brickwork and roofing dominate a tight footprint; utilities and drainage run to the existing building line.
GroundworksStructural frameBrickwork
Unit 2 34 Ripley Road Old Town Swindon SN1 4DE
Commercial unit converting to indoor sports and fitness, Swindon. Changes a ground-floor service unit to a leisure use at full application stage. Fit-out, sprung flooring, changing facilities and M&E upgrades drive the supply chain.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
4 Joseph Street Swindon SN1 5LW
Certificate of Lawfulness for C3-to-C4 HMO conversion with rear dormer, Swindon. Proposes change of use to a small house in multiple occupation and a rear dormer window on a full certificate application. Internal partitioning, rewiring, and additional bathrooms drive the works; the dormer adds…
Fit-outM&ERoofing
Land At 27 Ermin Street Stratton St Margaret Swindon SN3 4RH
Single bungalow on 0.03 hectare plot, Stratton St Margaret. One dwelling of 59 sqm with site infrastructure at full application stage. Groundworks, drainage, brickwork and roofing are the primary packages for a single residential build.
GroundworksDrainageStructural frame
Focal Point 27 - 35 Fleet Street Swindon SN1 1RQ
External alterations to a Swindon office building. Works to the façade or envelope of an existing commercial unit at full application stage. Cladding, glazing, or masonry repair packages suit façade and materials specialists on this town-centre scheme.
Façade repairGlazing
105 Broad Street Swindon SN1 2DT
Ground-floor shop converting to a launderette, Swindon. Adds cold refreshments and a rear extraction flue to a town-centre unit at full application stage. Laundry equipment installation, M&E rewiring and extraction ducting are the specialist trades.
Fit-outM&E
Duke Of Edinburgh P H Cricklade Road Swindon SN2 1AE
Outbuilding conversion to a shop, Swindon. Changes an ancillary building to Class E retail use with associated works at full application stage. Fit-out, shopfront glazing and M&E rewiring drive the specification, with potential structural adaptation to openings.
Fit-outM&EGlazing
24 Church Walk South Rodbourne Cheney Swindon SN2 2JE
Two-storey side and single-storey rear extension, Swindon. Replaces existing extensions with a larger footprint at full application stage. Groundworks, brickwork, roofing and structural steel dominate, with M&E and glazing packages following the frame.
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
Planning appeals in Swindon Borough Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Swindon Borough Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Swindon Borough Council, raw rate
30.5%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
31.5%
national rates applied to this caseload
1 percentage point below expected. Swindon Borough Council's decisions are overturned less often than the national record predicts.
352 appeals counted, 341 judged either way (104 allowed, 237 dismissed), 11 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 30.4% | 28.8% | 184 | 184 | 56 |
| Householder (HAS) | 29.9% | 35.6% | 117 | 117 | 35 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 46.2% | 33.3% | 15 | 13 | 6 |
| Enforcement Notice | 33.3% | 13.5% | 11 | 6 | 2 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 37.5% | 36.9% | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 0% | 25% | 7 | 7 | 0 |
5 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tree Preservation Order | Too few judged | 20.6% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Rights of Way Modifications | Too few judged | 100% | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Rights of Way Opposed Orders | None judged | Not published | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| High Hedges | None judged | 28.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14D | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Swindon Borough Council
Swindon Borough Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Swindon Borough Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent199 homes
- Shared ownership3 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Swindon Borough Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder94% (330 decided)
- other99% (172 decided)
- residential89% (62 decided)
- commercial90% (60 decided)
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