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Land adjacent to National Grid's existing 33/11kV substation at Birch Tree Close, Sketty, Swansea.

Awaiting decision Swansea 2025/1594/FUL Full Plans

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Proposal

Construction of a new switch room building and associated infrastructure.

As published by the council, reference 2025/1594/FUL

Application record

Reference
2025/1594/FUL
Type
Full Plans
Status
Being Considered
Received
17 Jul 2025
Validated
17 Jul 2025
Ward
Sketty - Bay Area

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 17 Jul 2025

    Received by Swansea

  2. 14 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 11 September 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Swansea took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Who's behind it

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CarneySweeney Ltd Agent, registered in Farnham

Active · incorporated 2019 · Farnham

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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 happens while it is decided

This application is with Swansea for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Swansea decided full applications in a median of 66 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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