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Swindon

Swindon approved 89.7% of the applications it decided, 2.7% above the England average.

Approved

89.7%

England 87%

Decided on time

94%

Inside the statutory period

Applications a year

1,053

Decided in the reporting year

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Against the country

More permissive than the average.

The England benchmark is 87%. It is the share of decided applications that were approved, so a withdrawal counts as neither. Source: MHCLG Live Table P120A (England, rolling 12-month).

What we hold, and what we do not

Swindon

89.7%

England

87%

Standard-method local housing need: 1,005 dwellings a year.

The rules here

What this authority decides against.

An application is judged against the adopted development plan unless material considerations say otherwise. This is that plan, and the levy that comes with it.

Local planSwindon Local Plan (2026)
Community Infrastructure LevyCharging schedule adopted

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What Wren does here

10.3% of applications here are refused.

Swindon decided 1,053 applications in the reporting year, and refused about 10.3% of them. A refusal is usually a document problem rather than a scheme problem: the policy that governs it was not addressed, or the evidence it asks for was not there.

Wren drafts against Swindon Local Plan (2026), a chartered planner reads the draft and signs it under their own indemnity, and a case manager files it and chases it. A householder application is £499, and Swindon's own statutory fee is separate and paid by you directly to them.

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