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Units 44B And 44C Cwmdu Industrial Estate Gendros Swansea SA5 8LG

2026/0613/FULFull PlansRefused
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Refused on 22 June 2026

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

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Proposal

Change the use of this property, Unit 44B&C, Cwmdu Parc Industrial Estate from Classes B1,B2 and B8 to Classes A1 and D2.

Received
16 April 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Cockett - Bay Area
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target22 Jun
  5. Decided22 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Units 44B And 44C Cwmdu Industrial Estate Gendros Swansea SA5 8LG. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 28 applications across Cockett - Bay Area. We hold 858 applications in total for the SA5 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 applicant has failed to sufficiently justify the nature of the use in this location and to demonstrate that a full comprehensive sequential approach to site selection has been conducted in accordance with Policies PS2, RC2 and RC3 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2010- 2025), the objectives of which are to promote and protect the Council's defined Retail Centre, District Centres and Local Centres, in the interests of their long-term vitality and viability and to reduce travel demand, and contrary to Planning Policy Wales Ed.12 (Feb, 2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SA5 8LG
Application type
Full Plans
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2026
Consultation expiry
29 May 2026
Consultation start
30 April 2026
Consultation end
21 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
30 April 2026
Neighbour consultation end
21 May 2026
Target decision date
22 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 May 2026
Site notice end
29 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14859233
Comments
0
Documents
9
Constraints
30

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Swansea

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