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The LNW 71 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN

2024/1113/PREPre App Welsh GovernmentApproved

Approved on 6 September 2024

Council decision: NegativeDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Pre-application enquiry - Change of Use of Ground Floor from a Shop (Use Class A1) to a part Café/Bar (A3) and part rear Communal Living Room for Upper Floor House of Multiple Occupation, together with Change of Use of First and Second Floor Gym/Flats (Class D2/C3) to a 14 Bed HMO.

Received
10 June 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Gowerton - Area 2
Agent
Evans Banks Planning Limited
  1. Received10 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jun
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided6 Sep

Decided in 86 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at The LNW 71 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN. Swansea has handled 702 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Gowerton - Area 2. We hold 1,300 applications in total for the SA4 postcode area.

88% of all applications at City and County of Swansea Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SA4 3BN
Application type
Pre App Welsh Government
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gowerton Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 June 2024
Consultation expiry
27 June 2024
Consultation start
13 June 2024
Consultation end
27 June 2024
Target decision date
3 July 2024
Permission expires
6 September 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Evans Banks Planning Limited
Agent address
2 Llandeilo Road Cross Hands Carmarthenshire SA14 6NA

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    8 Jan

    Retention of ground floor retail shop (A1 use class) with relocation of first floor gymnasium (D2 use class)…

    PendingFull Plans2025/0032/FUL
  2. 2024
    20 Aug

    Change of Use of part of ground floor from a Shop (Use Class A1) to a communal Living Room for upper floor…

    WithdrawnFull Plans2024/1594/FUL
  3. 2023
    10 Oct

    Change of use of part of ground floor, 1st and 2nd floors from gym/flat (Class D2/C3) to a 16 bed HMO and…

    RefusedFull Plans2023/2158/FUL
  4. 2021
    8 Oct

    Change of use of first and second floor gym/flat (Class D2/C3) to a hostel (sui generis) and fenestration…

    RefusedFull Plans2021/2608/FUL
  5. 2018
    1 Oct

    Change of use of ground floor from Public house (Class A3) to Gymnasium (Class D2), change of use of first…

    ApprovedFull Plans2018/2112/FUL

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