Unit 45 Cwmdu Industrial Estate Gendros Swansea SA5 8JF
Refused on 24 February 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)3 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Erection of 4.8 metre fence to provide external garden centre ancillary to existing retail store.
- Received
- 12 December 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Cockett - Bay Area
- ReceivedReceived12 Dec
- ValidatedValidated13 Jan
- Consult.Consultation23 Feb
- TargetTarget Date10 Mar
- DecidedDecided24 Feb
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Unit 45 Cwmdu Industrial Estate Gendros Swansea SA5 8JF. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Cockett - Bay Area. 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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Why it was refused
- The proposal, due to its poor design, inappropriate materials, excessive scale, and prominent position on the principal elevation of the building and within the industrial estate, would result in a visually discordant and incongruous addition that would harm the visual amenity of the area and fail to respect the character of the host building and its wider surroundings contrary to Policy PS2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2010-2025) and Planning Policy Wales Edition 12 (February 2024).
- The proposal fails to demonstrate that adequate parking provision, safe customer access/egress as well as servicing and delivery access would be achieved and that the proposal would not cause conflict between the movement of vehicles and pedestrians within the site. The proposal therefore would have a significant adverse impact on pedestrian and highway safety, contrary to Policies PS 2, T5 and T 6 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2019), as well as the guidance contained within the City and County of Swansea Parking Standards SPG (2012) and Planning Policy Wales Edition 12 (February 2024).
- The development, by virtue of the lack of a Green Infrastructure Statement, fails to demonstrate how the scheme would contribute to the sustainable management of natural resources, and in particular how it protects, maintains and enhances biodiversity and the resilience of ecosystems. The proposal is therefore considered to be contrary to Future Wales Policy 9, Chapter 6 of Planning Policy Wales, and Policies PS2, ER2 and ER9 of the Swansea Local Development Plan 2010-2025.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SA5 8JF
- Application type
- Full Plans
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 23 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 15 January 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 10 March 2026
- Decision issued
- 25 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- MWA
- Agent address
- 12 The Glenmore Centre Jessop Court Waterwells Business Park Gloucester GL2 2AP
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 16 January 2026
- Site notice end
- 6 February 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14551513
- Documents
- 14
- Constraints
- 23
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Swansea
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