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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
97 Heol Awstin Ravenhill Swansea SA5 5EG
Received 19 May 202643 - 51 Station Road Landore Swansea SA1 2JE
Received 19 May 202615 Woodside Close Killay Swansea SA2 7EB
Received 19 May 20265 Burman Street Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6BW
Received 19 May 2026468 Llangyfelach Road Brynhyfryd Swansea SA5 9LR
Received 19 May 202612A Westcross Lane West Cross Swansea SA3 5LS
Received 20 May 2026155 Rhyddings Terrace Brynmill Swansea SA2 0DR
Received 20 May 202617 Woodlands Terrace Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6BR
Received 20 May 202636 St Albans Road Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BP
Received 20 May 202617 Delfan Llangyfelach Swansea SA6 6DD
Received 20 May 202621B Tanycoed Road Clydach Swansea SA6 5NG
Received 20 May 2026Pontardulais Primary School James Street Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8JD
Received 20 May 2026285 Middle Road Gendros Swansea SA5 8ES
Received 20 May 202637 Huntingdon Way Sketty Swansea SA2 9HN
Received 21 May 2026The Kingsway Roundabout Swansea SA1 5JE
Received 21 May 20261311 Carmarthen Road Fforestfach Swansea SA5 4BP
Received 21 May 202660 Bryn Road Brynmill Swansea SA2 0AS
Received 21 May 202660 Bernard Street Uplands Swansea SA2 0HS
Received 22 May 2026Craig Y Don The Promenade Penclawdd Swansea SA4 3RJ
Received 22 May 202642 - 43 Coed Saeson Crescent Sketty Swansea SA2 9DQ
Received 22 May 202636 St Helens Road Sandfields Swansea SA1 4AY
Received 22 May 202636 St Helens Road Sandfields Swansea SA1 4AY
Received 22 May 2026Smile Materials Ltd RMG Kingsway Fforestfach Swansea SA5 4DL
Received 22 May 2026Suite 3 Ground Floor Exchange Building Adelaide Street Maritime Quarter Swansea SA1 1SH
Received 22 May 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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