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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
30 Whitestone Road Bishopston Swansea SA3 3DB
Received 28 Nov 202539 Woodcote Killay Swansea SA2 7AZ
Received 28 Nov 2025Little Lunnon Farm Parkmill Swansea SA3 2EJ
Received 28 Nov 2025231 Oxford Street Swansea SA1 3BJ
Received 28 Nov 20253 Nant Glas Penllergaer Swansea SA4 9SW
Received 28 Nov 2025106 Mansel Road Bonymaen Swansea SA1 7JR
Received 28 Nov 2025Armine Garage 362 - 364 Gower Road Killay Swansea SA2 7AE
Received 28 Nov 2025Student Accommodation Office Llys Glas Alexandra Road Swansea SA1 5AJ
Received 27 Nov 2025Mond Buildings Union Street Swansea SA1 3DN
Received 28 Nov 20252 Clifflands Close Langland Swansea SA3 4LT
Received 28 Nov 202552 Clydach Road Craig Cefn Parc Swansea SA6 5TA
Received 28 Nov 2025Mond Buildings Union Street Swansea SA1 3DN
Received 28 Nov 2025High Priest Rhossili Swansea SA3 1PJ
Received 28 Nov 2025Land At Kilvey Hill And Landore Park & Ride Facility Swansea
Received 28 Nov 20256 Priors Town Llangennith Swansea SA3 1HU
Received 28 Nov 202511 Glasfryn Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8LL
Received 28 Nov 2025420 Heol Las Birchgrove Swansea SA7 9DR
Received 28 Nov 2025148 Overland Road Mumbles Swansea SA3 4EU
Received 28 Nov 2025Manselfield Farm Manselfield Road Murton Swansea SA3 3AP
Received 28 Nov 2025First Floor, 1-2 Heol Y Nant Clydach Swansea SA6 5EX
Received 28 Nov 202515 Highmead Avenue Newton Swansea SA3 4TY
Received 28 Nov 2025Land Between Nos 78 & 82 Church Road Llansamlet Swansea SA7 9RL
Received 28 Nov 2025140 Langland Road Mumbles Swansea SA3 4LU
Received 28 Nov 2025Land At Berwick Terrace Berwick Terrace Swansea SA1 6XT
Received 28 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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