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71 Sterry Road Gowerton Swansea SA4 3BN

Refused Swansea 2025/0032/FUL Full Plans

Works: Windows or glazing Several homes

Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register

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
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

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

Company information only, from the register and Companies House

Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Ammanford

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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 refusal means

The process from here

The council refused this application for the reasons set out on the decision notice, which the council portal holds in full. Only the applicant can appeal a refusal; the time limit runs from the decision date and is shorter for householder schemes.

Refusal does not prevent a fresh attempt. Applicants often address the reasons for refusal and resubmit, so a refused scheme is not necessarily the end of proposals for the site.

About full applications applications

How this application type works

A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go: siting, design, access and landscaping are all fixed at this stage. It is the standard route for new buildings, conversions and changes of use. The statutory target is eight weeks for smaller schemes and thirteen weeks for major development, though complex cases often take longer by agreement.

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