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City and County of Swansea Council planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

City and County of Swansea Council decided more than 1,700 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 13% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 52 days to decide one.

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Search by reference or address on City and County of Swansea Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for City and County of Swansea Council

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from City and County of Swansea Council’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 1,700
Share refusedof those approved or refused 13%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 52 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings Not enough typed decisions
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 190
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 24%about one in four
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held more than 160plan adopted 2019

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on City and County of Swansea Council’s planning applications.

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and amenity of the locality.”

    Allowed, 2019

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character of the locality.”

    Dismissed, 2019

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Allowed, 2019

  • “The main issues are: whether the proposed development conflicts with national and local policy designed to protect the countryside the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) the…”

    Dismissed, 2018

  • “The main issues in this case are: Whether the proposal would provide an appropriate site for housing having regard to planning policies that seek to control the location of new development and its effect on the character and appearance of…”

    Dismissed, 2017

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.