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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.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Swansea Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 17 Jan 2019 to 23 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Pwllyfroga Farm Marsh Road Llanmorlais Swansea SA4 3TP
Received 12 Nov 202522 Muirfield Drive Mayals Swansea SA3 5HS
Received 12 Nov 202566 Wind Street City Centre Swansea SA1 1EQ
Received 11 Nov 20256 Rhyd Y Gwin Craig Cefn Parc Swansea SA6 5TQ
Received 13 Nov 2025The Old Barn Cwm Ivy Llanmadoc Swansea SA3 1DJ
Received 14 Nov 20255 Tircoed Cottages Loughor Swansea SA4 6RG
Received 17 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To 591 Neath Road Morriston Swansea SA6 8EF
Received 17 Nov 202579 Heol Waun Wen Llangyfelach Swansea SA6 6FD
Received 18 Nov 2025Pleasant View Stones Field Penmaen Swansea SA3 2HQ
Received 18 Nov 2025The Bays Farm Overton Lane Port Eynon Swansea SA3 1NR
Received 19 Nov 2025Wyndcliffe 21 Wychwood Close Langland Swansea SA3 4PH
Received 19 Nov 2025Pennard Golf Club 2 Southgate Road Southgate Swansea SA3 2BT
Received 19 Nov 2025Land To The North Of Glannant Felindre Swansea
Received 20 Nov 2025Dobbies Garden Centres Siemens Way Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA7 9FT
Received 20 Nov 2025Bethel United Reform Church Sketty Park Road Sketty Swansea SA2 9AS
Received 21 Nov 2025Vivian Engine House Hafod Copperworks Landore Park And Ride Access Road Landore Swansea
Received 21 Nov 2025Westdeane Rhossili Swansea SA3 1PL
Received 21 Nov 202510 Somerset Road Langland Swansea SA3 4PG
Received 21 Nov 2025Land Adjacent To 570 Neath Road Morriston Swansea SA6 8HE
Received 24 Nov 202532 Morris Lane St Thomas Swansea SA1 8AU
Received 24 Nov 202534 Morris Lane St Thomas Swansea SA1 8AU
Received 24 Nov 2025165 Bonymaen Road Bonymaen Swansea SA1 7AW
Received 24 Nov 2025118 Newton Road Newton Swansea SA3 4SW
Received 24 Nov 202538 Cae Mansel Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3HH
Received 24 Nov 2025Records 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.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Swansea 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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