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Holyrood Bryn Terrace Mumbles Swansea SA3 4HD

2026/0557/FULFull PlansRefused
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Refused on 2 June 2026

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

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Proposal

Replacement single storey dwelling

Received
7 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Mumbles - Area 2
Agent
Huw Griffiths Architects
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.7 May
  4. Target4 Jun
  5. Decided2 Jun

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Holyrood Bryn Terrace Mumbles Swansea SA3 4HD. 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 are no previous applications recorded 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 proposed dwelling, by virtue of its poor form and general appearance, would constitute an incongruous building of a disjointed and contrived appearance, which would fail to respect the established character of the locality and the visual amenities of the area, contrary to Policy PS 2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2019) and the Council's 'Placemaking Guidance for Infill and Backland Development' (2021).
  2. The proposed dwelling, by virtue of its elevated positioning and siting in close proximity to Nos 5 - 13 (odds only) Tichbourne Street, would have an adverse overbearing impact on Nos 9-13 (odds only) Tichbourne Street, and would have an adverse overlooking impact into the rear gardens and rear windows of Nos 5 -13 (odds only) Tichbourne Street, to the detriment of the living conditions of the occupiers of these properties, contrary to Policy PS2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2019) and the Council's 'Placemaking Guidance for Infill and Backland Development' (2021).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 April 2026
Consultation expiry
28 May 2026
Consultation start
16 April 2026
Consultation end
7 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
20 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
11 May 2026
Target decision date
4 June 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
7 May 2026
Site notice end
28 May 2026

Additional information

Documents
22
Constraints
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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