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Newton Grange Care Home 26 Southward Lane Newton Swansea SA3 4QD

2025/2179/FULFull PlansRefused
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Refused on 12 June 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal

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Proposal

Two storey front extension, first floor side extension with dormer windows in front and rear plane, rear ground floor extension, and additional dormer windows to front and rear roof planes

Received
16 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Mumbles - Area 2
  1. Received16 Oct
  2. Validated26 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 198 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at Newton Grange Care Home 26 Southward Lane Newton Swansea SA3 4QD. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 239 days, 27 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 115 applications across Mumbles - Area 2. We hold 2,234 applications in total for the SA3 postcode area.

82% of full 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed side extension and proposed 'double windowed' front and rear dormers, by virtue of their excessive scale and inappropriate design, constituent a form of development that fails to respect the form and general appearance of the host building, to the detriment of the visual amenities of the area and the character of the Newton Conservation Area, contrary to Policies PS2, HC1 and HC2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2019).
  2. The applicant has failed to provide a Preliminary Roost Assessment (PRA) pertaining to the proposed development. The proposal therefore fails to consider the potential impact of the proposed works on protected species (bats) and nesting birds, contrary to Policies ER8 and ER9 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2019) and the Council's Biodiversity and Development SPG (2021).
  3. The applicant has failed to demonstrate that an adequate number of additional viable parking spaces and associated manoeuvring and turning space, is being provided within the existing car park, to serve the proposed development, which could give rise to an increased demand for on-street parking within the locality and could give rise to vehicles being reversed out of the car park onto the adjoining highway, to the detriment of highway and pedestrian safety, contrary to LDP Policy T6.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SA3 4QD
Application type
Full Plans
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Mumbles Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 November 2025
Consultation expiry
5 January 2026
Consultation start
3 December 2025
Consultation end
24 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
4 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
25 December 2025
Target decision date
21 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hawthorne Villa 3 Glanymor Lane Loughor Swansea SA4 6RW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
5 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
29
Constraints
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Swansea

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