Planning application
85 Norfolk Street Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6JE
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Continued use of property as a HMO (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Use)
As published by the council, reference 2020/0311/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2020/0311/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was Lawful (existing)
- Received
- 17 Feb 2020
- Validated
- 17 Feb 2020
- Decided
- 16 Jun 2020
- Ward
- Castle - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA1 6JE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Feb 2020
Received by Swansea
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16 Jun 2020
Decision issued: Was Lawful (existing)
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27 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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