15 Cwmrhydyceirw Road Cwmrhydyceirw Swansea SA6 6LH
Refused on 1 June 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)4 reasons for refusal
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Proposal
Conversion of a dwelling into four flats plus a two storey rear extension
- Received
- 19 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Morriston - Area 1
- ReceivedReceived19 Feb
- ValidatedValidated2 Mar
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date27 Apr
- DecidedDecided1 Jun
Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a two storey rear extension at 15 Cwmrhydyceirw Road Cwmrhydyceirw Swansea SA6 6LH. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 8 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Morriston - Area 1. We hold 1,360 applications in total for the SA6 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 conversion of the dwelling to 4 no. 1 bedroom flats, by virtue of the small size of the flats would result in unacceptably small and confined spaces and a substandard living arrangement that would fail to provide an adequate living environment for the future occupiers, to the detriment of their residential amenities and their health and well-being. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policy PS2 of the adopted Swansea Local Development Plan (2010-2025) and the Placemaking Guidance for Residential Development (2021).
- The proposed development, by virtue of the internal layout and lack of appropriate windows/openings to the bedroom of flat 1, the kitchen/living room of flat 3, the bedroom of flat 2 and the kitchen/living room of Flat 4 would constitute poor outlook and inadequate natural light to these habitable rooms. This would result in a substandard living arrangement that would be detrimental to the living conditions and overall well-being of the future occupiers of the flats. The development would therefore be contrary to Policy PS2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2010-2025) and Supplementary Planning Guidance document Placemaking Guidance for Infill and Backland Development (2021).
- The proposed development, by virtue of the outdoor amenity space being sited directly adjacent to the bedroom window of flat 3, the only access to the amenity space and to Flats 2 and 4 being alongside the bedroom of flat 1 and the kitchen/living room of flat 3, would create a substandard living arrangement, giving rise to a loss of privacy and unreasonable noise and disturbance to the occupiers of these flats. This would be detrimental to their residential amenity and overall wellbeing, contrary to Policy PS2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2010-2025).
- The proposed development, by virtue of the introduction of 4 no. 1 bedroom flats, with no car parking proposed would increase car parking pressures in the locality and would significantly increase the risk of indiscriminate parking within the vicinity of the site and would be to the detriment of safe free flow of traffic past the site and pedestrian safety. This would be contrary to Policies T1 and T6 of the adopted Swansea Local Development Plan (2010-2025) and the City and County of Swansea Parking Standards supplementary planning guidance (2012).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SA6 6LH
- Application type
- Full Plans
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 27 April 2026
- Decision issued
- 2 June 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 6 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 27 March 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 18
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Swansea
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