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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Tidal Basin Kings Road SA1 Waterfront Swansea SA1 8QT
Received 13 Aug 20252 Castle Gardens Temple Street City Centre Swansea SA1 1JE
Received 27 Aug 2025Unit 7 Parc Tawe North Parc Tawe Swansea SA1 2AA
Received 28 Aug 2025Unit 7 Parc Tawe North Parc Tawe City Centre Swansea SA1 2AA
Received 28 Aug 2025Land Adjacent To Oakdale Enid Road Clydach Swansea SA6 5QU
Received 28 Aug 202555 Wind Street Swansea SA1 1EG
Received 3 Sept 2025Welshmoor Stables Llanrhidian Swansea SA3 1EX
Received 3 Sept 20257 Wind Street Swansea SA1 1DF
Received 8 Sept 2025Woodside Guest House Oxwich Swansea SA3 1LS
Received 16 Sept 202514 Cambrian Place Maritime Quarter Swansea SA1 1PQ
Received 18 Sept 20251 Y Dolau Llangyfelach Swansea SA6 6BN
Received 24 Sept 20251 Clos Bryngwyn Gorseinon Swansea SA4 4BJ
Received 24 Sept 2025288 Mumbles Road West Cross Swansea SA3 5AB
Received 25 Sept 2025Llys Y Grug New Road Llanmorlais Swansea SA4 3RY
Received 26 Sept 202533 Glynderwen Crescent Sketty Swansea SA2 8EH
Received 30 Sept 2025Woodlands Llanmadoc Swansea SA3 1BY
Received 1 Oct 2025Coed Cae Crwn Gwynfe Road Loughor Swansea SA4 6TE
Received 3 Oct 20253 Bwlch Y Gwyn Felindre Swansea SA5 7PG
Received 6 Oct 2025The Old Addis Works Kingsway Fforestfach Swansea SA5 4DH
Received 8 Oct 2025Land At The Former Swansea Sound Victoria Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BE
Received 9 Oct 2025Meadow View Farm Pitton Cross Rhossili SA3 1PH
Received 10 Oct 2025Land adjacent to National Grid's existing 33/11kV substation at Ravenhill Road, Swansea.
Received 13 Oct 202541 Beaufort Avenue Langland Swansea SA3 4PB
Received 16 Oct 2025Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Alexandra Road Swansea SA1 5DZ
Received 20 Oct 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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