Understanding planning · 13 min read
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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Oakland Road Mumbles Swansea SA3 4AQ
Received 27 Jan 2026Land Near Langrove Cottage Parkmill Swansea SA3 2EB
Received 27 Jan 202643 Wimmerfield Crescent Killay Swansea SA2 7BU
Received 27 Jan 2026208 Oxford Street Swansea SA1 3HT
Received 28 Jan 2026Car Park Southgate Swansea SA3 2AS
Received 28 Jan 2026Land At Kilvey Hill And Landore Park & Ride Facility Swansea
Received 28 Jan 202670 Southgate Road Southgate Swansea SA3 2DH
Received 28 Jan 20266-37 Cambrian Place Swansea SA1 1RG
Received 28 Jan 2026Windymor 30 Langland Bay Road Langland Swansea SA3 4QP
Received 28 Jan 2026Park View Reynoldston Swansea SA3 1AD
Received 20 Jan 20266-37 Cambrian Place Swansea SA1 1RG
Received 28 Jan 2026Enfys Sandy Lane Parkmill Swansea SA3 2EN
Received 28 Jan 202611 Mansel Drive Murton Swansea SA3 3AL
Received 28 Jan 2026Old Glais Inn Restaurant And Function Room Birchgrove Road Glais Swansea SA7 9EN
Received 29 Jan 2026Urban Village The Strand Swansea SA1 2AQ
Received 29 Jan 20261 Nant Glas Penllergaer Swansea SA4 9SW
Received 29 Jan 2026Land Between Nos 78 & 82 Church Road Llansamlet Swansea SA7 9RL
Received 29 Jan 2026Caergynydd Fawr Farm Barnabas Close Waunarlwydd Swansea SA5 4RH
Received 29 Jan 2026Land Part Of Lesliedale Farm Port Eynon Swansea SA3 1NJ
Received 30 Jan 20266 Washington Street Landore Swansea SA1 2QE
Received 30 Jan 202625 Llwyn Yr Iar Cwmrhydyceirw Swansea SA6 6SZ
Received 30 Jan 20265 Tyrisha Avenue Grovesend Swansea SA4 4WL
Received 30 Jan 2026Former Technical College Mount Pleasant Swansea
Received 2 Feb 2026Former Technical College Mount Pleasant Swansea
Received 2 Feb 2026Records 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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