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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Greenways Brithwen Road Waunarlwydd Swansea SA5 4QX
Received 15 Apr 2026Units 44B And 44C Cwmdu Industrial Estate Gendros Swansea SA5 8LG
Received 16 Apr 202669 Lan Coed Winch Wen Swansea SA1 7LR
Received 16 Apr 202678 Swansea Road Llangyfelach Swansea SA5 7JB
Received 16 Apr 2026Carreg Wen Wind Farm Aberdare
Received 9 Mar 2026Fairways Penclawdd Swansea SA4 3UR
Received 17 Apr 2026Garage In Service Lane Rear Of 57 Gwydr Crescent Uplands Swansea SA2 0AD
Received 17 Apr 2026Sinclair Garages Ltd Gorseinon Road Penllergaer Swansea SA4 9GW
Received 17 Apr 202614 Hillbrook Close Waunarlwydd Swansea SA5 4QD
Received 17 Apr 2026Building 8 65 Heol Y Gors Townhill Swansea SA1 6RY
Received 17 Apr 20264 Gower Place Mumbles Swansea SA3 4AB
Received 20 Apr 202662 Walter Road Uplands Swansea SA1 4PT
Received 20 Apr 202627 Whitegates Mayals Swansea SA3 5HW
Received 20 Apr 202685 Mumbles Road West Cross Swansea SA3 5TW
Received 20 Apr 202636 Mill Gardens Blackpill Swansea SA3 5AX
Received 20 Apr 202632 Mumbles Road Blackpill Swansea SA3 5AU
Received 20 Apr 202688 Samlet Road Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA7 9AF
Received 20 Apr 202632 Mumbles Road Blackpill Swansea SA3 5AU
Received 20 Apr 202617A Manselfield Road Murton Swansea SA3 3AP
Received 20 Apr 202610 Picket Mead Road Newton Swansea SA3 4SA
Received 20 Apr 202660 Park Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3DG
Received 20 Apr 202654 Langland Bay Road Langland Swansea SA3 4QP
Received 20 Apr 20268 Valley View Sketty Swansea SA2 8BG
Received 20 Apr 202612 Llewelyn Circle Mayhill Swansea SA1 6SN
Received 20 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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