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49 Hanover Street Swansea SA1 6AZ

2025/2400/ELDLawful Dev. Cert. - ExistingApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 26 January 2026

Council decision: Was Lawful (existing)Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Continued use of property as a HMO (Class C4) (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)

Received
14 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Castle - Bay Area
  1. Received14 Nov
  2. Validated14 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target9 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 49 Hanover Street Swansea SA1 6AZ. Swansea has handled 419 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 880 applications in total for the SA1 postcode area.

84% of amendment 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
SA1 6AZ
Application type
Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 November 2025
Consultation expiry
16 December 2025
Consultation start
18 November 2025
Consultation end
9 December 2025
Target decision date
9 January 2026
Permission expires
26 January 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 November 2025
Site notice end
16 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14488521
Comments
0
Documents
21
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Swansea

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