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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Hendy Close Sketty Swansea SA2 8BB
Received 2 Feb 2026Flat Rooms 5 To 6 24 Glanmor Road Uplands Swansea SA2 0PT
Received 2 Feb 2026Land At Robins Lane Reynoldston Swansea SA3 1AA
Received 30 Jan 2026Abernant Allt Y Graban Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8DS
Received 2 Feb 20267 Bryn Glas Road Fforestfach Swansea SA5 8HY
Received 2 Feb 202614 Bryngwastad Road Gorseinon Swansea SA4 4XG
Received 2 Feb 202638 Osterley Street St Thomas Swansea SA1 8HJ
Received 2 Feb 2026Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe & Penlan Leisure Centre Heol Gwyrosydd Penlan Swansea SA5 7BU
Received 2 Feb 2026A Shed, Roberts Road Swansea Docks Swansea SA1 8SE
Received 2 Feb 2026Sketty Hall Sketty Lane Sketty Swansea SA2 8QF
Received 2 Feb 2026Land Rear Of Penyfro Llanmorlais Swansea SA4 3UQ
Received 2 Feb 2026Whitez Snooker And Pool Club 47 Uplands Crescent Uplands Swansea SA2 0NP
Received 2 Feb 2026Manor House Highpool Lane Newton Swansea SA3 4TX
Received 2 Feb 20265 Mirador Crescent Uplands Swansea SA2 0QX
Received 2 Feb 202694 St Helens Avenue Brynmill Swansea SA1 4NN
Received 3 Feb 2026Sedgelands Horton Swansea SA3 1LQ
Received 3 Feb 202669 Hebron Road Clydach Swansea SA6 5EH
Received 3 Feb 20261-31 (inclusive) Clos Gerallt Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8SA
Received 3 Feb 2026Oystermouth Primary School 78 Newton Road Mumbles Swansea SA3 4BE
Received 3 Feb 2026King George V Playing Fields Swansea Bay Sports Park Sketty Lane Sketty Swansea SA2 8QB
Received 3 Feb 2026Land North Of Garden Village Swansea
Received 4 Feb 202670 Phoebe Road Pentrechwyth Swansea SA1 7FF
Received 4 Feb 2026Gower Heritage Centre Parkmill Swansea SA3 2EH
Received 4 Feb 2026Risedale 38 St James Crescent Uplands Swansea SA1 6DR
Received 4 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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