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Mumbles Headland And Foreshore Mumbles Swansea

Granted Swansea 2023/0265/ELD Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing

Works: New dwelling

Relates to 2018/0916/RES

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

Proposal

Implementation of Outline Planning Permission 2017/2641/S73 and associated Reserved Matters Approval 2018/0916/RES relating to the comprehensive re-development of land at Mumbles Headland and Foreshore/Coastal Strip comprising: Headland Building (up to 5 storeys) to accommodate a range of retail / food and drink / gallery (Classes A1/A3/D1) at ground and first floor with the upper floors utilised for hotel/visitor accommodation (Class C1) - 69 no hotel rooms; Coastal Strip Building (up to 4 storeys) to accommodate 26 Residential apartments (Class C3) with 32 under-croft car parking spaces; alterations and refurbishment works to existing Pavilion Building to accommodate A1/A3 retail and food and drink uses & amusement arcade at ground floor with function room at first floor (Class D1); new public realm incorporating new pedestrian boardwalk and provision of 61 no. public car parking spaces and retention of headland car parking (32 no spaces for hotel/staff); and associated works - (Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness)

As published by the council, reference 2023/0265/ELD

Application record

Reference
2023/0265/ELD
Type
Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Was Lawful (existing)
Received
2 Feb 2023
Validated
2 Feb 2023
Decided
10 Mar 2023
Ward
Mumbles - Area 2
Parish
Mumbles Community Council
Decision by
Delegated Decision

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Feb 2023

    Received by Swansea

  2. 10 Mar 2023

    Decision issued: Was Lawful (existing)

  3. 14 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • 2018/0916/RES Granted

    Mumbles Pier Foreshore & Coastal Strip Mumbles Swansea

    Comprehensive re-development of land at Mumbles Headland and Foreshore/Coastal Strip comprising: Headland Building (up to 5 storeys) to accommodate a range of retail / food and drink / gallery (Classes A1/A3/D1) at ground and first floor with the upper floors utilised for hotel/visitor accommodation (Class C1) - 69 no hotel rooms; Coastal Strip Building (up to 4 storeys) to accommodate 26 Residential apartments (Class C3) with 32 under-croft car parking spaces; alterations and refurbishment works to existing Pavilion Building to accommodate A1/A3 retail and food and drink uses & amusement arcade at ground floor with function room at first floor (Class D1); new public realm incorporating new pedestrian boardwalk and provision of 61 no. public car parking spaces and retention of headland car parking (32 no spaces for hotel/staff); and associated works - Reserved Matters Approval - Details of Appearance, Landscaping, Scale and Layout pursuant to Conditions 1, 3, 4, 7, 9 & 16 of Section 73 outline permission 2017/2641/S73 (which varied the Sec73 permission under ref: 2014/1946 which previously varied the original outline planning permission under ref:2010/1451)

    Decided 13 Dec 2018 Reserved matters

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Geraint John Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Cardiff

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Documents

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10 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Swansea granted permission on 10 March 2023, 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 lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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