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71 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN

Refused Swansea 2025/0032/FUL Full Plans

Works: Windows or glazing Several homes

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Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Retention of ground floor retail shop (A1 use class) with relocation of first floor gymnasium (D2 use class) to ground floor, together with the conversion of first & second floors to two houses of multiple occupation (HMO), each accommodating five bedrooms (C4 use class) and communal facilities, installation of rear terrace and fenestration alterations (Amended red line boundary, amended plans plans and description received)

As published by the council, reference 2025/0032/FUL

Application record

Reference
2025/0032/FUL
Type
Full Plans
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Refuse
Received
8 Jan 2025
Validated
12 Aug 2025
Decided
9 Jun 2026
Ward
Gowerton - Area 2
Parish
Gowerton Community Council
Decision by
Delegated Officer Panel
Postcode
SA4 3BN

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swansea register

This site has had 3 applications since 2018: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 2024/1594/FUL Withdrawn

    71 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN

    Change of Use of part of ground floor from a Shop (Use Class A1) to a communal Living Room for upper floor House of Multiple Occupation, together with Change of Use of First and Second Floor Gym/Flats (Class D2/C3) to a 14 Bed House of Multiple Occupation and fenestration alterations (Amended plans and decription)

    Decided 15 Jan 2025 Full applications
  • 2018/2112/FUL Granted

    71 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN

    Change of use of ground floor from Public house (Class A3) to Gymnasium (Class D2), change of use of first floor from Gymnasium (Class D2) to three one bedroom self- contained flats and convert the second floor into two one bedroom self-contained flats, fenestration alterations and addition of canopy over existing external staircase.

    Decided 20 Feb 2019 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 8 Jan 2025

    Received by Swansea

  2. 12 Aug 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 9 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Refuse

  4. 27 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Who's behind it

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Evans Banks Planning Limited Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Ammanford

Active · incorporated 2020 · Ammanford

117 applications on PlanIndex · across 7 councils · 79% granted

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Documents

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

34 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Swansea refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About full applications

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Nearby applications

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  • 71 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN

    2024/1594/FUL Submitted 20 Aug 2024 50 yards away

    Change of Use of part of ground floor from a Shop (Use Class A1) to a communal Living Room for upper floor House of Multiple Occupation, together with Change of Use of First and Second Floor Gym/Flats (Class D2/C3) to a 14 Bed House of Multiple Occupation and fenestration alterations (Amended plans and decription)

    Withdrawn Full applications New dwelling Windows or glazing 19 docs

  • 71 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN

    2018/2112/FUL Submitted 1 Oct 2018 50 yards away

    Change of use of ground floor from Public house (Class A3) to Gymnasium (Class D2), change of use of first floor from Gymnasium (Class D2) to three one bedroom self- contained flats and convert the second floor into two one bedroom self-contained flats, fenestration alterations and addition of canopy over existing external staircase.

    Granted Full applications New dwelling Windows or glazing 9 docs

  • 75 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN

    2021/1614/PRE Submitted 11 Jun 2021 50 yards away

    (Pre-application) Two storey side extension

    Decided Other Extension 14 docs

  • 72 - 74 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BW

    2026/0024/S73 Submitted 7 Jan 2026 50 yards away

    Retention of change of use of ground floor from retail (Class A1) to mixed use retail and coffee shop (Classes A1 and A3), external seating/play area, new rear access door and roller shutter (Variation of condition 5 of Planning Permission 2020/0965/FUL granted 31st July 2020 to alter the opening times from not outside the hours of 0700hrs -21.00hrs Monday to Fridays and 0800hrs - 18.00hrs on Saturday, Sundays and Bank Holidays to 12:00 to 21.30 on Mondays to Sundays)

    Granted Amendments 5 docs

  • 88 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BW

    2022/2252/FUL Submitted 23 Sep 2022 50 yards away

    Replacement shop front

    Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 6 docs

  • 91 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN

    2023/0259/ADV Submitted 1 Feb 2023 100 yards away

    Retention of one high level externally- illuminated projecting sign

    Granted Advertising 13 docs

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