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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Unit 2 2 Valley Way Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA6 8QP
Received 3 Jun 2026Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe & Penlan Leisure Centre Heol Gwyrosydd Penlan Swansea SA5 7BU
Received 3 Jun 202615 Mayals Avenue Blackpill Swansea SA3 5DE
Received 3 Jun 202615 Clordir Road Pontlliw Swansea SA4 9EY
Received 3 Jun 202626 Kennington Close Killay Swansea SA2 7EF
Received 3 Jun 2026Land To The Rear Of 62 Station Road Llanmorlais Swansea SA4 3TF
Received 3 Jun 2026Bassetts Honda Valley Way Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA6 8QX
Received 3 Jun 2026481 Trewyddfa Road Morriston Swansea SA6 7QH
Received 3 Jun 2026Ganders Way Oxwich Swansea SA3 1LU
Received 3 Jun 2026Enterprise House 6 Castell Close Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA7 9FH
Received 4 Jun 2026Former Pavilion Site, Swansea Bay Sports Park Sketty Lane Sketty Swansea
Received 4 Jun 2026Flat 76 Newton Road Mumbles Swansea SA3 4BE
Received 3 Jun 2026Land To The Rear Of 22 Wychwood Close Langland Swansea SA3 4PH
Received 4 Jun 2026Land Part Of Oystermouth Square Car Park Mumbles Road Mumbles Swansea SA3 4EA
Received 4 Jun 2026Former Hafod Laboratory Neath Road Swansea SA1 2JT
Received 4 Jun 2026Student Accommodation Office Llys Glas Alexandra Road Swansea SA1 5AJ
Received 4 Jun 202643 Norfolk Street Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6JQ
Received 4 Jun 20268 Francis Road Morriston Swansea SA6 7DY
Received 5 Jun 202634 Cae Bryn Avenue Sketty Swansea SA2 9AT
Received 5 Jun 202625 Broadmead Crescent Bishopston Swansea SA3 3BA
Received 5 Jun 2026Clifflands Rhossili Swansea SA3 1PE
Received 8 Jun 2026Fulton House University Of Wales Swansea Singleton Park Internal Access Road Sketty Swansea SA2 8PP
Received 8 Jun 202631 Page Street Swansea SA1 4EY
Received 8 Jun 2026Land At Kilvey Hill And Landore Park & Ride Facility Swansea
Received 8 Jun 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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