Planning application
Swansea University Sports Village Sketty Lane Sketty Swansea SA2 9AU
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
New sports facilities including spectator stand, indoor athletics centre, announcers pavilion, floodlighting columns, toilet block, 8 lane athletics track and grass infield, 2 all weather hockey pitches, 3.6m and 5m high fencing, new footpaths, planting and road junction improvement works - Variation of condition 7 of planning permission 2002/0997 granted 20/08/2002 to allow the floodlighting to be used between the hours of 06.30am -10.30 pm on any given day
As published by the council, reference 2018/1261/S73
Application record
- Reference
- 2018/1261/S73
- Type
- Variation of Condition
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 31 May 2018
- Validated
- 31 May 2018
- Decided
- 18 Jul 2018
- Ward
- Sketty - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA2 9AU
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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31 May 2018
Received by Swansea
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18 Jul 2018
Decision issued: Approve
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17 Aug 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
9 documents on file for this application
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