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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Medi Hub 414 Gower Road Killay Swansea SA2 7AJ
Received 7 Apr 202624 Princess Way Swansea SA1 5HE
Received 7 Apr 202692 Swansea Road Waunarlwydd Swansea SA5 4SU
Received 7 Apr 2026Holyrood Bryn Terrace Mumbles Swansea SA3 4HD
Received 7 Apr 2026Morriston Town Associated Football Club Clydach Road Morriston Swansea SA6 6QH
Received 7 Apr 2026Plot Adjacent To 27 Gellifawr Road Morriston Swansea SA6 7PN
Received 7 Apr 2026Cae Ifor Farm Llanrhidian Swansea SA3 1ES
Received 7 Apr 2026Land To The South Of The South Stand Stadium Plasmarl Swansea SA1 2FA
Received 7 Apr 2026Beaumont House 72 - 73 Walter Road Swansea SA1 4QA
Received 8 Apr 20267 Church Park Mumbles Swansea SA3 4DE
Received 8 Apr 202697 Mayals Road Mayals Swansea SA3 5DH
Received 8 Apr 2026400 Gower Road Killay Swansea SA2 7AH
Received 8 Apr 2026Land Off Brithwen Road Waunarlwydd Swansea SA5 4QX
Received 8 Apr 202615 Gower Rise Gowerton Swansea SA4 3DZ
Received 8 Apr 202620 Borough Road Loughor Swansea SA4 6RP
Received 9 Apr 20266 Voylart Road Dunvant Swansea SA2 7UA
Received 9 Apr 20265 Ffynone Close Uplands Swansea SA1 6DA
Received 9 Apr 2026649 Middle Road Ravenhill Swansea SA5 5DN
Received 9 Apr 2026National Trust Rhossili Rhossili Swansea SA3 1PL
Received 9 Apr 2026National Trust Rhossili Rhossili Swansea SA3 1PL
Received 9 Apr 202638 Brinselway Southgate Road Southgate Swansea SA3 2DA
Received 9 Apr 202610 Clos Cynan Killay Swansea SA2 7DL
Received 9 Apr 2026Rhossili National Trust Car Park Rhossili Swansea SA3 1PP
Received 9 Apr 2026Land East Of Clordir Road Pontlliw Swansea
Received 9 Apr 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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