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Land At The Former Unigate Dairy Site, Morfa Road, Swansea

Granted Swansea 2018/2101/RES Reserved Matters

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing on-site building/structures and construction of purpose built student accommodation comprising of four blocks of between 5 - 6 stories (706 bed spaces in total) with ground coffee shop/cafe (Class A3) and Gymnasium (Class D2) together with ancillary communal uses including management/ laundry/ common room car and bicycle parking/servicing area, associated engineering, drainage, related infrastructure and landscaping works - Approval of Reserved Matters - details of Access, Appearance, Landscaping, Layout & Scale pursuant to Conditions 3, 6, 7, 8 & 10 of Outline Planning Permission 2016/1573 granted 22 May, 2018

As published by the council, reference 2018/2101/RES

Application record

Reference
2018/2101/RES
Type
Reserved Matters
Status
Decided
Decision
Approve
Received
27 Sep 2018
Validated
17 Oct 2018
Decided
6 Dec 2018
Ward
Landore - Area 1
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swansea register

This site has had 3 applications since 2018: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2021/0785/DOC Granted

    Land At The Former Unigate Dairy Site Morfa Road Swansea

    Purpose Built Student Accommodation - Discharge of conditions 6 (riverside promenade cyclepath/walkway), 7 (phased landscaping scheme), 8 (landscape and public realm management plan), 23 (Car Parking Management Strategy), 24 (Travel Plan), 25 (commercial vehicular servicing), and 26 (Operational Management Plan) of planning permission 2016/1573 granted 22nd May 2018

    Decided 3 Jun 2021 Conditions
  • 2018/2638/DOC Granted

    Land At The Former Unigate Dairy Site Morfa Road Swansea

    Purpose Built Student Accommodation - Discharge of condition 19 (scheme of historic environment investigation and mitigation) of planning permission 2016/1573 granted 22nd May 2018

    Decided 17 Jan 2019 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 27 Sep 2018

    Received by Swansea

  2. 17 Oct 2018

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 6 Dec 2018

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 14 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Bridgend

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Documents

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68 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Swansea granted permission on 6 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.

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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