Planning application
54 Windmill Terrace St Thomas Swansea SA1 8DN
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.
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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)
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
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat 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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