Planning application
38A Trafalgar Place Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BU
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Residential dwelling (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)
As published by the council, reference 2025/2407/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2407/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Was Not Lawful (existing)
- Received
- 17 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 17 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 11 Feb 2026
- Ward
- Uplands - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA2 0BU
Site history
Applications at this address on the Swansea register
This site has had 3 applications since 2019: 1 approved, 2 refused.
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2026/0372/ELD Granted
38A Trafalgar Place Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BU
Residential dwelling (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)
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2019/0342/FUL Refused
38A Trafalgar Place Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BU
Change of use of two storey garage/store to a 1 bedroom flat with associated external alterations
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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17 Nov 2025
Received by Swansea
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11 Feb 2026
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
13 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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