Planning application
2 Castle Gardens Temple Street City Centre Swansea SA1 1JE
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Conversion of upper three commercial floors to residential and one additional floor to provide in total 5 No. 2bed/3 person flats and 4 No.1bed/2person flats
As published by the council, reference 2025/1840/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/1840/FUL
- Type
- Full Plans
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 27 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 9 Jul 2026
- Decided
- 13 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Castle - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA1 1JE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Aug 2025
Received by Swansea
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9 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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13 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Approve
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swansea granted permission on 13 August 2026, 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.
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