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54 Windmill Terrace St Thomas Swansea SA1 8DN

Refused Swansea 2025/1841/ELD Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing

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

Proposal

Use of property as a HMO (Class C4) (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Use)

As published by the council, reference 2025/1841/ELD

Application record

Reference
2025/1841/ELD
Type
Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Refused As published: Was Not Lawful (existing)
Received
27 Aug 2025
Validated
24 Sep 2025
Decided
21 Nov 2025
Ward
St. Thomas - Bay Area
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SA1 8DN

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swansea register

This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 1 refused.

  • 2025/2565/ELD Granted

    54 Windmill Terrace St Thomas Swansea SA1 8DN

    Use of property as a 4 bed HMO (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)

    Decided 11 Feb 2026 Lawful development

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 27 Aug 2025

    Received by Swansea

  2. 24 Sep 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 21 Nov 2025

    Decision issued: Was Not Lawful (existing)

  4. 7 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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

7 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 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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