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

Granted Swansea 2019/0980/S73 Variation of Condition

Works: Demolition

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

Proposal

Outline planning application (with all matters reserved) for the refurbishment, alteration and/or demolition of all existing buildings/ structures on the site (except St Mary's Church and St David's Church) and redevelopment of site with indicative access/layout and scale parameters on the north site of a maximum of 1 to 7 storeys and maximum new floorspace of 84,050 sqm comprising retail/ commercial/office use (Classes A1/A2/A3/B1) residential (Class C3), non-residential institution (Class D1) and leisure (Class D2), multistorey car park and redevelopment of south site of a maximum of 40,700 sqm of floorspace comprising a new arena (Class D2), up to 13 storey hotel/residential building (Class C1/ C3), food and drink (Class A3), undercroft car park, potential energy centre. Across both sites, the provision of associated new public open space/public realm and landscaping, new pedestrian and vehicular access and servicing arrangements (including a pedestrian bridge link across Oystermouth Road), provision of new bus stops on Oystermouth Road, new pedestrian access through existing arches along Victoria Quay, relocation of Sir H Hussey Vivian statue, earthworks, and plant -Section 73 application to incorporate minor material amendments to the wording of Condition 1 (approved parameter plans and sections, and supporting documents) of planning permission 2017/0648/OUT granted 13th June 2017

As published by the council, reference 2019/0980/S73

Application record

Reference
2019/0980/S73
Type
Variation of Condition
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
26 Apr 2019
Validated
29 Apr 2019
Decided
5 Jun 2019
Ward
Castle - Bay Area
Decision by
Committee Decision

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swansea register

This site has had 22 applications since 2019: 22 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2024/0164/S73 Granted

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

    Outline planning application (with all matters reserved) for the refurbishment, alteration and/or demolition of all existing buildings/ structures on the site (except St Mary's Church and St David's Church) and redevelopment of site with indicative access/layout and scale parameters on the north site of a maximum of 1 to 7 storeys and maximum new floorspace of 84,050 sqm comprising retail/ commercial/office use (Classes A1/A2/A3/B1) residential (Class C3), non-residential institution (Class D1) and leisure (Class D2), multistorey car park and redevelopment of south site of a maximum of 40,700 sqm of floorspace comprising a new arena (Class D2), up to 13 storey hotel/residential building (Class C1/ C3), food and drink (Class A3), undercroft car park, potential energy centre. Across both sites, the provision of associated new public open space/public realm and landscaping, new pedestrian and vehicular access and servicing arrangements (including a pedestrian bridge link across Oystermouth Road), provision of new bus stops on Oystermouth Road, new pedestrian access through existing arches along Victoria Quay, relocation of Sir H Hussey Vivian statue, earthworks, and plant -Section 73 application to vary conditions 1 & 4 of permission 2019/0980/S73 granted 5th June 2019 to amend the development parameters and allow a revised timeframe in which Reserved Matters are to be submitted.

    Decided 11 Jun 2024 Amendments
  • 2021/1893/DOC Granted

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

    Swansea Central Re-Development - Discharge of condition 37 (building services plant noise) of permission granted under reference 2019/0980/S73 dated 5th June 2019

    Decided 15 Sep 2021 Conditions
  • 2021/1623/DOC Granted

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

    Swansea Central Redevelopment - discharge of condition 10 (visual transparency / shopfront code) of planning permission 2019/0980/S73 granted 5th June 2019

    Decided 14 Sep 2021 Conditions
  • 2021/1461/DOC Granted

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

    Swansea Central Development (North Block) - Discharge of condition 5 (Landscape and Public Realm) of planning permission 2019/1373/RES granted 13th August 2019

    Decided 27 Aug 2021 Conditions
  • 2021/1457/DOC Granted

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

    Swansea Central Development -Discharge of Condition 7 (Landscape Management Plan) to permission granted under Section 73 application 2019/0980/S73 granted 5th June 2019

    Decided 21 Jul 2021 Conditions
  • 2021/1462/DOC Granted

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

    Swansea Central Development (North Block) - Discharge of condition 40 (noise from commercial activity) of planning permission 2019/0980/S73 granted 05/06/2019

    Decided 23 Jul 2021 Conditions
  • 2021/1307/DOC Granted

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

    Swansea Central Development - Discharge of condition 27 (Car Park Management Plan) of permission granted under Section 73 application 2019/0980/S73 granted 5th June 2019

    Decided 16 Jun 2021 Conditions
  • 2020/1659/DOC Granted

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

    Construction of mixed use block (multi storey car park, new commercial floorspace and residential flats) - Discharge of Conditions 2 (External Finishes); Condition 3 (Large scale details) & 4 (External ventilation) pursuant to reserved matters approval ref: 2019/1373/RES approved 13 August, 2019

    Decided 16 Sep 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
  • 2019/2012/DOC Granted

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

    Swansea Central Redevelopment - Discharge of condition 17 (north site - piling) of planning permission 2019/0980/S73 granted 5th June 2019

    Decided 8 Oct 2019 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 26 Apr 2019

    Received by Swansea

  2. 29 Apr 2019

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 5 Jun 2019

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 13 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Savills Limited Agent, registered in London

Active · incorporated 1987 · London

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Documents

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51 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Swansea granted permission on 5 June 2019, 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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