Planning application
49 Hanover Street Swansea SA1 6AZ
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Continued use of property as a HMO (Class C4) (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)
As published by the council, reference 2025/2400/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2400/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was Lawful (existing)
- Received
- 14 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 14 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 26 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Castle - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA1 6AZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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14 Nov 2025
Received by Swansea
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26 Jan 2026
Decision issued: Was Lawful (existing)
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7 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
21 documents on file for this application
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