Planning application
166-167 Sun Alliance House St Helens Road Sandfields Swansea SA1 4DQ
Works: New dwelling Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of property from offices to student accommodation comprising 78 studio apartments, with associated access landscaping works, additional windows and external alterations - Partial Discharge of Condition 6 (materials) and Discharge of Condition 7 (CMS) of planning permission 2016/1523 granted 05/05/2017.
As published by the council, reference 2021/1870/DOC
Application record
- Reference
- 2021/1870/DOC
- Type
- Discharge of Conditions
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Approve
- Received
- 13 Jul 2021
- Validated
- 24 Aug 2021
- Decided
- 22 Sep 2021
- Ward
- Castle - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA1 4DQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Jul 2021
Received by Swansea
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24 Aug 2021
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Sep 2021
Decision issued: Approve
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21 Sep 2026
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Expedite Design Services Ltd. Agent, a design practice registered in Cardiff
Active · incorporated 2014 · Cardiff
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
11 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swansea granted permission on 22 September 2021, 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 condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
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