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Swansea Central (Former St David's Centre And Land North And South Of Oystermouth Rd)- Phase 1 Comprising: LC Car Park And Surrounding Public Realm, Former GWR Revetment Wall, Oystermouth Rd, Albert Row And Part Of St Mary Surface Car Park

Granted Swansea 2018/1648/RES Reserved Matters

Works: New dwelling

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Approval of reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for Phase 1 of Swansea Central, including: Development Zones 3, 4a and 4b and part of Development Zone 4c and 5 of outline planning permission 2017/0648/OUT, pursuant to Condition 3, comprising details of the: Arena (Use Class D2/A3) extending to 30m in height, and associated ground and first floor level car parking, servicing areas; Podium level public park with kiosk (Use Class A1/A3); Replacement bridge over Oystermouth Road; Mixed use block extending to 28.5m, comprising multi storey car park, new commercial floorspace (use Class A3/B1/D1) and residential flats (Use Class C3) to the north of Oystermouth Road; and associated ground level public realm improvements; approval of details pursuant to Condition 6 (landscaping strategy), Condition 8 (levels), Condition 9 (external finishes), Condition 11 (wind mitigation), Condition 21 (surface water drainage), and Condition 36 (ecological enhancement measures).

As published by the council, reference 2018/1648/RES

Application record

Reference
2018/1648/RES
Type
Reserved Matters
Status
Decided
Decision
Approve
Received
26 Jul 2018
Validated
26 Jul 2018
Decided
3 Oct 2018
Ward
Castle - Bay Area
Decision by
Committee Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Jul 2018

    Received by Swansea

  2. 3 Oct 2018

    Decision issued: Approve

  3. 17 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

2 later applications on the register refer to this one:

  • 2021/1463/DOC Granted

    Swansea Central (Former St David's Centre and other land north and south of Oystermouth Road)- Phase 1 comprising: LC surface car park and surrounding public realm, former GWR revetment wall, Oystermouth Road, Albert Row and part of St M...

    Swansea Central Development (South Side) - Discharge of condition 6 (Landscape / Public Realm) of planning permission 2018/1648/RES granted 03 Oct. 2018

    Decided 23 Jul 2021 Conditions
  • 2020/0424/DOC Granted

    Former St Davids Centre And Other Land North And South Of Oystermouth Road Swansea

    Swansea Central Redevelopment Phase 1 - Partial discharge of conditions 6 and 7 of planning permission 2017/0648/OUT granted 13th June 2017, condition 5 (landscaping) of reserved matters 2019/1373/RES granted 13th August 2019 and condition 6 (landscaping) of planning permission 2018/1648/RES granted 3rd October 2018) in regard to the Public Art Strategy

    Decided 23 Apr 2020 Conditions

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What this grant of permission means

Swansea granted permission on 3 October 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.

About reserved matters applications

A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.

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