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147 - 149 Newton Road Newton Swansea SA3 4ST

2026/0106/FULFull PlansRefused
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Refused on 15 May 2026

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

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Proposal

Retention and completion of works to change the of use of the ground floor public house into 2 No. 1 bedroom self contained flats.

Received
23 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Mumbles - Area 2
Agent
Geraint John Planning Ltd
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 147 - 149 Newton Road Newton Swansea SA3 4ST. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 application has failed to either provide an alternative facility to justify the loss of the public house or demonstrate that there is already an adequate provision of similar accessible community facilities, which would remain available in the locality. Furthermore, the applicant has failed to provide sufficient evidence to demonstrate that the existing use is no longer viable or that the premises have been appropriately marketed for Class A3 uses. The proposal is therefore contrary to the requirements of Policy SI 2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2019).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Consultation expiry
18 February 2026
Consultation start
27 January 2026
Consultation end
17 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
28 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
18 February 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Geraint John Planning Ltd
Agent address
Office 16 (House 1, 2nd Floor) The Maltings East Tyndall Street Cardiff CF24 5EA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14258444
Documents
23
Constraints
45

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Swansea

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