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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Nicander Parade Mayhill Swansea SA1 6TX
Received 8 Jun 20269 Gore Terrace Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 5DN
Received 8 Jun 202617 Amberley Drive Langland Swansea SA3 4PJ
Received 8 Jun 20263 Clyn Cwm Gwyn Killay Swansea SA2 7AQ
Received 8 Jun 202695 Southgate Road Southgate Swansea SA3 2DH
Received 8 Jun 20262 Usk Place Cwmrhydyceirw Swansea SA6 6RE
Received 8 Jun 2026Land West Of Rhydypandy Road Morriston Swansea
Received 8 Jun 202615 Cwmlan Terrace Landore Swansea SA1 2PQ
Received 9 Jun 2026Land At Salthouse Point, Pencaerfenni Park, Crofty, Swansea.
Received 9 Jun 2026Tawe Petrol Station Neath Road Landore Swansea SA6 8JU
Received 9 Jun 2026Land Adjoining 97 Mayals Road Mayals Swansea SA3 5DH
Received 9 Jun 2026Unit 23b Crofty Industrial Estate Crofty Swansea SA4 3RS
Received 9 Jun 202625 Page Street Swansea SA1 4EY
Received 9 Jun 202641 Hanover Street Swansea SA1 6AZ
Received 9 Jun 202612 Leucarum Court Loughor Swansea SA4 6AB
Received 10 Jun 2026Upper Norton Allotments Adjacent To Oystermouth Castle Park Mumbles Swansea
Received 10 Jun 202678 Gorseinon Road Penllergaer Swansea SA4 9AB
Received 10 Jun 2026Sunnyside Rhossili Swansea SA3 1PL
Received 10 Jun 2026Morganite Electrical Carbons Upper Fforest Way Swansea Enterprise Park Swansea SA6 8PP
Received 11 Jun 2026Former Hafod Laboratory Neath Road Swansea SA1 2JT
Received 11 Jun 2026Development Zone 2B Oystermouth Road Swansea SA1 3LG
Received 11 Jun 202618 Hendrefoilan Close Sketty Swansea SA2 7NF
Received 11 Jun 2026Flat 1 122 St Helens Road Sandfields Swansea SA1 3UN
Received 12 Jun 20266 Pleasant Street Swansea SA1 5DS
Received 15 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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