New housing in Swindon Borough Council
We read Swindon Borough Council's planning register every day. We hold 15,970 of its planning applications going back to 2015, and 94 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 87% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test, below 95%, so it must publish an action plan to speed up delivery.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 87% (2025): action plan
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 15,970
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 84 | 35 | 10 |
| 2025 | 90 | 54 | 18 |
| 2024 | 86 | 58 | 18 |
| 2023 | 86 | 49 | 16 |
| 2022 | 111 | 70 | 25 |
| 2021 | 86 | 54 | 20 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 707 | The Oasis Leisure Centre Hawksworth Way Swindon SN2 1EP Request for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion for the detailed refurbishment of the Oasis Leisure Centre and in outline two phases of development for residential (up to 707 flats) and employment… S/EIA/25/0396 | At appeal | 26 Mar 2025 |
| 520 | Twelve Oaks Lechlade Road Highworth Swindon SN6 7QR Request for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion for the erection of up to 520 no. dwellings. S/EIA/26/0344 | At appeal | 16 Mar 2026 |
| 410 | Land North Of Burcot Farm Tadpole Lane Swindon Outline application for residential development up to 410 dwellings, including affordable housing, and associated open space with all matters reserved except for access, pedestrian and cycle connections. S/OUT/23/1508 | At appeal | 5 Dec 2023 |
| 300 | Land At Marlborough Park Old Town Swindon SN3 1FN Request for Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion for proposed development of 300 homes and associated works. S/EIA/25/0216 | At appeal | 21 Feb 2025 |
| 286 | Land At Foxbridge Village (South) New Eastern Villages Wanborough Road Swindon Reserved Matters application (following Outline Planning permission S/OUT/20/0160) for the erection of 286 dwellings and associated works (re-consultation following amendments including reduction in number of units… S/RES/25/0233 | At appeal | 26 Feb 2025 |
| 283 | Phase 2 Lotmead Site New Eastern Villages Wanborough Swindon Erection of 283no. dwellings and associated works (Phase 2) for the layout, scale, appearance, access (other than access from Wanborough Road, as already approved by the outline permission) and landscaping - Reserved… S/RES/25/0997 | Approved | 20 Aug 2025 |
| 282 | Land At Marlborough Park (Phases 3 And 4) Swindon SN3 1FN Erection of 282 dwellings with associated access, Public Open Space, landscaping, car parking, drainage and related infrastructure. S/26/0760 | At appeal | 15 Jun 2026 |
| 275 | Inlands Farm The Marsh Wanborough Swindon SN4 0AS Outline planning application with all matters reserved (expect for access into the site) for the proposed development of up to 275 residential dwellings, a new community building (mixed use Class E and F2), open space… S/26/0173 | Refused | 11 Feb 2026 |
| 250 | Land East Of Roundhills Mead Lechlade Road Highworth Swindon Request for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion for the proposed erection of up to 250 dwellings (including affordable homes), points of connection of access roads from A361 Lechlade Road and… S/EIA/24/0939 | At appeal | 12 Aug 2024 |
| 235 | Land At Lotmead Farm Eastern Villages Swindon Erection of 235no. dwellings, public open space and associated works for the layout, scale, appearance, access and landscaping (Phase 5) - Reserved Matters from previous outline permission S/OUT/19/0582. The outline… S/RES/26/1019 | At appeal | 17 Aug 2026 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: Swindon Borough Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.