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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741 approved · 123 refused · 27 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19A Clarence Street Sandfields Swansea SA1 3QR
Received 19 Aug 2026Plot D9b Swansea Waterfront SA1 8RD
Received 20 Aug 20264 Windsor Place Mumbles Swansea SA3 4LG
Received 20 Aug 202646 Rhodfa Fadog Cwmrhydyceirw Swansea SA6 6NQ
Received 20 Aug 202679 Frederick Place Llansamlet Swansea SA7 9SX
Received 20 Aug 202655 Finsbury Terrace Brynmill Swansea SA2 0AH
Received 21 Aug 2026Newton Grange Residential Home 26 Southward Lane Newton Swansea SA3 4QD
Received 21 Aug 2026Unit 3a Crofty Industrial Estate Crofty Swansea SA4 3RS
Received 24 Aug 2026Gorseinon Campus Belgrave Road Gorseinon Swansea SA4 6RD
Received 24 Aug 202634 Long Shepherds Drive Caswell Swansea SA3 4RP
Received 24 Aug 20269 William Dennis Avenue Loughor Swansea SA4 6PD
Received 24 Aug 2026Rear Of 231 Oxford Street Swansea SA1 3BJ
Received 24 Aug 2026Townhill Community Primary School Townhill Road Townhill Swansea SA1 6PT
Received 24 Aug 202669 Tyn Y Bonau Road Pontarddulais Swansea SA4 8RY
Received 24 Aug 2026Flat The Old Lifeboat House Port Eynon Swansea SA3 1NN
Received 24 Aug 202633 Pant Y Dwr Three Crosses Swansea SA4 3PG
Received 24 Aug 2026Pleasant View Stones Field Penmaen Swansea SA3 2HQ
Received 24 Aug 202618 Moorside Road West Cross Swansea SA3 5EY
Received 25 Aug 2026Field 0818 E Richards & Co Ltd Bank Farm Leisure Horton Swansea SA3 1LL
Received 25 Aug 2026152 Pennard Drive Southgate Swansea SA3 2DR
Received 26 Aug 20263 Plas Gwernfadog Drive Ynysforgan Swansea SA6 6QZ
Received 26 Aug 2026Grand Hotel Ivey Place Swansea SA1 1NX
Received 26 Aug 2026Land Lying On The West Side Of Kite Hill Llanmadoc Swansea SA3 1BU
Received 26 Aug 2026The Poplars Swansea Road Pontlliw Swansea SA4 9DU
Received 26 Aug 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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