Unit 1 15 Cave Street Cwmdu Swansea SA5 8JY
Refused on 6 February 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use to barber shop (Class A1)
- Received
- 12 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Cwmbwrla - Area 1
- ReceivedReceived12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated26 Nov
- Consult.Consultation24 Dec
- TargetTarget Date21 Jan
- DecidedDecided6 Feb
Decided in 72 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 1 15 Cave Street Cwmdu Swansea SA5 8JY. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Cwmbwrla - Area 1. We hold 858 applications in total for the SA5 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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Application details
- Postcode
- SA5 8JY
- Application type
- Full Plans
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 24 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 3 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 1 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 22 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 21 January 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 3 December 2025
- Site notice end
- 24 December 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 22
Site constraints
Source: Swansea
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