Planning application
31 Sebastopol Street St Thomas Swansea SA1 8BN
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Continued use as a 4 bed HMO (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Use)
As published by the council, reference 2021/1841/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2021/1841/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was Lawful (existing)
- Received
- 9 Jul 2021
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2021
- Decided
- 27 Aug 2021
- Ward
- St. Thomas - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA1 8BN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jul 2021
Received by Swansea
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27 Aug 2021
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
11 documents on file for this application
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