Planning application
54 Windmill Terrace St Thomas Swansea SA1 8DN
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
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
- 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.
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2025/2565/ELD Decided
54 Windmill Terrace St Thomas Swansea SA1 8DN
Use of property as a 4 bed HMO (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Aug 2025
Received by Swansea
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24 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Was Not Lawful (existing)
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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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