Planning application
Mumbles Pier Foreshore & Coastal Strip Mumbles Swansea
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Comprehensive re-development of land at Mumbles Headland and Foreshore/Coastal Strip comprising: Headland Building (up to 5 storeys) to accommodate a range of retail / food and drink / gallery (Classes A1/A3/D1) at ground and first floor with the upper floors utilised for hotel/visitor accommodation (Class C1) - 69 no hotel rooms; Coastal Strip Building (up to 4 storeys) to accommodate 26 Residential apartments (Class C3) with 32 under-croft car parking spaces; alterations and refurbishment works to existing Pavilion Building to accommodate A1/A3 retail and food and drink uses & amusement arcade at ground floor with function room at first floor (Class D1); new public realm incorporating new pedestrian boardwalk and provision of 61 no. public car parking spaces and retention of headland car parking (32 no spaces for hotel/staff); and associated works - Reserved Matters Approval - Details of Appearance, Landscaping, Scale and Layout pursuant to Conditions 1, 3, 4, 7, 9 & 16 of Section 73 outline permission 2017/2641/S73 (which varied the Sec73 permission under ref: 2014/1946 which previously varied the original outline planning permission under ref:2010/1451)
As published by the council, reference 2018/0916/RES
Application record
- Reference
- 2018/0916/RES
- Type
- Reserved Matters
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 18 Apr 2018
- Validated
- 11 May 2018
- Decided
- 13 Dec 2018
- Ward
- Oystermouth - Bay Area
- Parish
- Mumbles Community Council
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Apr 2018
Received by Swansea
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11 May 2018
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 Dec 2018
Decision issued: Approve
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3 Sep 2026
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2023/0265/ELD Decided
Mumbles Headland And Foreshore Mumbles Swansea
Implementation of Outline Planning Permission 2017/2641/S73 and associated Reserved Matters Approval 2018/0916/RES relating to the comprehensive re-development of land at Mumbles Headland and Foreshore/Coastal Strip comprising: Headland Building (up to 5 storeys) to accommodate a range of retail / food and drink / gallery (Classes A1/A3/D1) at ground and first floor with the upper floors utilised for hotel/visitor accommodation (Class C1) - 69 no hotel rooms; Coastal Strip Building (up to 4 storeys) to accommodate 26 Residential apartments (Class C3) with 32 under-croft car parking spaces; alterations and refurbishment works to existing Pavilion Building to accommodate A1/A3 retail and food and drink uses & amusement arcade at ground floor with function room at first floor (Class D1); new public realm incorporating new pedestrian boardwalk and provision of 61 no. public car parking spaces and retention of headland car parking (32 no spaces for hotel/staff); and associated works - (Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness)
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Swansea granted permission on 13 December 2018, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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