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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bank Farm Scurlage Swansea SA3 1BA
Received 13 Feb 2026Fairwood Lodge Upper Killay Swansea SA2 7JX
Received 16 Feb 2026Keepers Lodge Farm Titanium Road Waunarlwydd Swansea SA5 4NQ
Received 19 Feb 2026Units 4 And 5 Parc Fforestfach Cadle Swansea SA5 4BB
Received 16 Feb 2026600 Mumbles Road Mumbles Swansea SA3 4DL
Received 16 Feb 20265 William Bowen Close Gowerton Swansea SA4 3HE
Received 18 Feb 2026Gower College Swansea Tycoch Road Sketty Swansea SA2 9EB
Received 19 Feb 2026Land Off Brithwen Road Waunarlwydd Swansea SA5 4QX
Received 16 Feb 2026155 Eaton Crescent Uplands Swansea SA1 4QR
Received 17 Feb 202644 Walter Road Swansea SA1 5PN
Received 16 Feb 2026214 Cockett Road Cockett Swansea SA2 0FN
Received 19 Feb 2026403 Gower Road Killay Swansea SA2 7AN
Received 16 Feb 2026Swansea Central (Former St David's Centre And Other Land North And South Of Oystermouth Road)- Part Of Phase 2 Comprising The Area Identified As Development Zone 2B Swansea
Received 16 Feb 202619 Brayley Road Morriston Swansea SA6 6DZ
Received 16 Feb 2026Skatepark Ynystawe Park Swansea SA6 5AY
Received 17 Feb 2026D J Motors 37 West Street Gorseinon Swansea SA4 4AA
Received 19 Feb 2026Unit 2 2 Valley Way Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA6 8QP
Received 19 Feb 2026Townhill Community Primary School Townhill Road Townhill Swansea SA1 6PT
Received 19 Feb 2026Townhill Community Primary School Townhill Road Townhill Swansea SA1 6PT
Received 19 Feb 2026Land To The Rear 24 Penfilia Road Brynhyfryd Swansea SA5 9HX
Received 16 Feb 2026Land Off Lon Masarn Cefn Coed Hospital Cockett Swansea SA2 0GH
Received 13 Feb 2026The Bays Farmhouse Overton Lane Port Eynon Swansea SA3 1NR
Received 20 Feb 202671 - 72 The Kingsway Swansea SA1 5HY
Received 20 Feb 202638 And 40 Uplands Crescent Uplands Swansea SA2 0PG
Received 20 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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