Planning application
3 Fforestfach Retail Park Pontardulais Road, Cadle Fforestfach Swansea SA5 4BA
Works: Windows or glazing
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use from retail (use class A1) to food and drink (use class A3) and new shopfront
As published by the council, reference 2025/2082/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2082/FUL
- Type
- Full Plans
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 1 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 11 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 5 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Cockett - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA5 4BA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Oct 2025
Received by Swansea
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11 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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5 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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2026/1315/DOC Awaiting decision
Fforestfach Retail Park 3 Pontardulais Road, Cadle Fforestfach Swansea SA5 4BA
Change of use from retail (use class A1) to food and drink (use class A3) and new shopfront - Discharge of condition 4 (Ecological Enhancement Measures) of planning permission 2025/2082/FUL granted 5th March 2026
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2026/0542/DOC Granted
Unit 3 Parc Fforestfach Cadle Swansea SA5 4BB
Change of use from retail (use class A1) to food and drink (use class A3) and new shopfront - Discharge of condition 5 (Ventilation/fume extraction) of Planning Permission 2025/2082/FUL granted 5th March 2026
Who's behind it
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Agent on file, a planning consultancy registered in Reading
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Swansea granted permission on 5 March 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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