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Unit 45 Cwmdu Industrial Estate Gendros Swansea SA5 8JF

2026/0721/FULFull PlansRefused
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Refused on 21 August 2026

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

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Proposal

Erection of 4.8m high timber clad fence including external lighting to provide an external garden centre. Alterations to customer car parking.

Received
1 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Cockett - Bay Area
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.17 Aug
  4. Target1 Jul
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 107 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Unit 45 Cwmdu Industrial Estate Gendros Swansea SA5 8JF. Swansea has handled 3,947 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Swansea's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 proposal, due to its poor design, inappropriate materials, excessive scale, and prominent position on the principal elevation of the building and within the industrial estate, would result in a visually discordant and incongruous addition that would harm the visual amenity of the area and fail to respect the character of the host building and its wider surroundings. The addition of timber fencing is not considered to sufficiently address issues of visual amenity and would appear poorly designed. The proposed development is contrary to Policy PS2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2010-2025) and Planning Policy Wales Edition 12 (February 2024).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2026
Consultation expiry
17 August 2026
Consultation start
27 July 2026
Consultation end
17 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
11 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
1 June 2026
Target decision date
1 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
MWA
Agent address
12 The Glenmore Centre Jessop Court Waterwells Business Park Gloucester GL2 2AP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 May 2026
Site notice end
11 June 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14850188
Documents
19
Constraints
47

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Swansea

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