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71 Pen Y Graig Road Townhill Swansea SA1 6JY

2025/2277/FULFull PlansRefused
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Refused on 10 June 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Change of use from single dwelling house (Class C3) to a HMO for up to 4 residents (Class C4)

Received
3 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Uplands - Bay Area
  1. Received3 Nov
  2. Validated12 Apr
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 71 Pen Y Graig Road Townhill Swansea SA1 6JY. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 24 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Uplands - Bay Area. We hold 880 applications in total for the SA1 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 HMO fails to provide adequate accommodation for the occupants of the front 'lower ground floor' and 'basement' bedrooms by virtue of a lack of access to adequate outlook and natural lighting, along with requiring the occupant of the 'basement' bedroom to have to go externally of the building to access the shared amenity areas. The proposal would therefore result in an over intensive form of development, unacceptable to both amenity and the future wellbeing of the occupiers, contrary to the requirements of Policies PS2 and H9 of the Swansea Local Development Plan, the advice contained within the Adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance; Houses in Multiple Occupation and Purpose Built Student Accommodation, Adopted December 2019, and Planning Policy Wales Ed.12 (Feb, 2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SA1 6JY
Application type
Full Plans
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 April 2026
Consultation expiry
15 May 2026
Consultation start
16 April 2026
Consultation end
7 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
7 May 2026
Target decision date
7 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 April 2026
Site notice end
15 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14379273
Comments
0
Documents
12
Constraints
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Swansea

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