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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Located Between Dyffryn, Maesteg And Garth And Blaengarw Pontycymer And Ponty-y-rhyl
Received 10 Mar 2026Pavillion Underhill Hub Underhill Park Newton Road Newton Swansea SA3 4SL
Received 10 Mar 2026658 Mumbles Road Mumbles Swansea SA3 4EE
Received 10 Mar 202649 Cwmgelli Close Treboeth Swansea SA5 9BZ
Received 10 Mar 2026Swansea Marina Tourer Park Maritime Quarter Swansea SA1 1UN
Received 10 Mar 202632 Heol Y Fran Morriston Swansea SA6 6TL
Received 10 Mar 2026Land North Of Garden Village, Swansea
Received 10 Mar 202636 Bryntawe Road Ynystawe Swansea SA6 5AD
Received 10 Mar 202618 St Nicholas Court Killay Swansea SA2 7AD
Received 10 Mar 20264C Humphrey Street Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6BG
Received 11 Mar 2026Land to the rear of No 122 Bolgoed Road, Pontardulais, Swansea.
Received 11 Mar 202667 Ashleigh Road Sketty Swansea SA2 8EE
Received 11 Mar 20264 Caemansel Lane Gowerton Swansea SA4 3HW
Received 12 Mar 202625 Bethania Road Clydach Swansea SA6 5DE
Received 12 Mar 202639 Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6EQ
Received 12 Mar 2026The Cottage The Hollies Care Home And Day Centre Caecerrig Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8PB
Received 12 Mar 20265 Coedfan Sketty Swansea SA2 8NS
Received 12 Mar 2026Geranium Cottage Reynoldston Swansea SA3 1HN
Received 12 Mar 202660 Bernard Street Uplands Swansea SA2 0HS
Received 12 Mar 202643 Norfolk Street Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6JQ
Received 12 Mar 2026Parkland Primary School Sketty Park Drive Sketty Swansea SA2 8NG
Received 5 Mar 2026Land North Of Glannant Felindre Swansea
Received 12 Mar 202618 Michaels Field Mumbles Swansea SA3 4JB
Received 13 Mar 2026Former M&P Direct Phoenix Way Gorseinon Swansea SA4 9HN
Received 13 Mar 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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