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21-22 Castle Street Swansea SA1 1JF

Granted Swansea 2020/0186/FUL Full Plans

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

Proposal

Temporary change of use of vacant retail store (Class A1) to an Educational/Exhibition Use for new Oriel Science Centre (Class D1)

As published by the council, reference 2020/0186/FUL

Application record

Reference
2020/0186/FUL
Type
Full Plans
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approve
Received
30 Jan 2020
Validated
5 Feb 2020
Decided
10 Mar 2020
Ward
Castle - Bay Area
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SA1 1JF

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swansea register

This site has had 2 applications since 2018: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 2018/2240/FUL Granted

    21-22 Castle Street Swansea SA1 1JF

    Change of use of ground floor from Retail (Class A1) to Food and Drink (Class A3)

    Decided 10 Dec 2018 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Jan 2020

    Received by Swansea

  2. 5 Feb 2020

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 10 Mar 2020

    Decision issued: Approve

  4. 27 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Swansea University Agent

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Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

8 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Swansea granted permission on 10 March 2020, 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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    2018/2240/FUL Submitted 19 Oct 2018 50 yards away

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    Granted Full applications 9 docs

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