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181 Neath Road Landore Swansea SA1 2JT

2026/0357/FULFull PlansRefused
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Refused on 30 April 2026

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

Proposal

Change of use to create a ground floor A1 use with a 1 bed flat above along with external alterations to elevations (amended description)

Received
5 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Landore - Area 1
Agent
Atrium Architecture Ltd
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided30 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 181 Neath Road Landore Swansea SA1 2JT. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Landore - Area 1. We hold 877 applications in total for the SA1 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 demonstrate through the submission of a detailed sequential test that there are no sequentially preferable sites available for the proposed development or demonstrated that there are exceptional circumstances in which there is an identified specific need for the proposed A1 unit. In the absence of this information, it has not been demonstrated that the A1 use is justified in this location and that the proposal would not have a material adverse impact on the attractiveness, vitality or viability of any Centre defined in the Retail Hierarchy. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies RC2 and RC6 of the adopted Swansea Local Development Plan (2010-2025), as well as the thrust of national policy set out in Planning Policy Wales and Future Wales.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SA1 2JT
Application type
Full Plans
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Consultation start
6 March 2026
Consultation end
27 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
9 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 March 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026
Decision published
1 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Atrium Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
ATRIUM ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
52 Heol Nant Bran Birchgrove Swansea SA7 9LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
25 March 2026
Site notice end
15 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14755672
Documents
13
Constraints
50

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Swansea

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