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The Residence Overland Road Langland Swansea SA3 4LS

2026/0211/FULFull PlansRefused
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Refused on 6 May 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Landscaping works, including removal of existing trees, hedgerow and fencing and provision of new boundary wall, patio area, trees, and landscaping.

Received
9 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Mumbles - Area 2
Agent
Huw Griffiths Architects Ltd
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Apr
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided6 May

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Residence Overland Road Langland Swansea SA3 4LS. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. There have been 3 other applications 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 loss of the three trees (identified as T1, T2 and T3 in the submitted Arboricultural Report), without the provision of adequate mitigation planting of replacement trees within the site, would result in significant adverse visual harm to the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding area, contrary to Policy ER11 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2019), the Council's Trees, Hedgerows and Woodland SPG (2021) and PPW (version 12).
  2. The applicant has failed to provide a Bat Survey pertaining to the Corsica Pine tree to be felled and has failed to provide an adequate Green Infrastructure Statement relating to the proposals. The applicant has therefore failed to demonstrate that the proposal will not have a detrimental impact on bats or on the existing green infrastructure found within the site, contrary to Policies ER2, ER 8 and ER 9 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2019) and the Council's Development and Biodiversity SPG (2021).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Consultation expiry
13 April 2026
Consultation start
19 March 2026
Consultation end
9 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 April 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Huw Griffiths Architects Ltd
Architect profile
HUW GRIFFITHS ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
North Hill 7 St James Crescent Swansea SA1 6DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14623549
Documents
18
Constraints
46

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Swansea

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