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181 Neath Road Landore Swansea SA1 2JT

2026/1011/FULFull PlansRefused
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Refused on 14 August 2026

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

Proposal

Change of use to create an HMO for 4 people with external alterations to elevations

Received
17 June 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Landore - Area 1
Agent
Atrium Architecture Ltd
  1. Received17 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.12 Aug
  4. Target13 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 57 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 58 days, 9 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 proposed development, by reason of the limited size and poor quality of the outdoor amenity space, would fail to provide satisfactory living conditions for future occupiers. The rear garden would be significantly constrained by the need to accommodate refuse and recycling storage, biodiversity enhancements, cycle storage and other ancillary requirements associated with the occupation of the property, leaving insufficient meaningful and functional amenity space for sitting out, relaxation and other day-to-day residential activities. As such, the proposal would result in an unacceptable standard of residential amenity and is contrary to Policy H9 and Policy PS2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2010-2025) and the Houses in Multiple Occupation and Purpose-Built Student Accommodation Supplementary Planning Guidance (2019).
  2. The proposed development would result in a significant harmful impact upon the living conditions of the future occupiers of bedroom 1 by virtue of the restricted outlook, limited natural daylight, sense of enclosure and inadequate privacy arising from the proximity of surrounding built form, boundary treatments and its relationship with the communal amenity space. Consequently, the proposal would fail to accord with Policies H9 and PS2 of the Swansea Local Development Plan (2010-2025) and the Houses in Multiple Occupation and Purpose-Built Student Accommodation Supplementary Planning Guidance (2019).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2026
Consultation expiry
12 August 2026
Consultation start
22 July 2026
Consultation end
12 August 2026
Neighbour consultation start
22 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
13 July 2026
Target decision date
13 August 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
23 June 2026
Site notice end
14 July 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14968048
Documents
16
Constraints
51

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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