Planning application
54 Windmill Terrace St Thomas Swansea SA1 8DN
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of property as a 4 bed HMO (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)
As published by the council, reference 2025/2565/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2565/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Was Lawful (existing)
- Received
- 1 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 4 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 11 Feb 2026
- 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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2025/1841/ELD Refused
54 Windmill Terrace St Thomas Swansea SA1 8DN
Use of property as a HMO (Class C4) (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Use)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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1 Dec 2025
Received by Swansea
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4 Dec 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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11 Feb 2026
Decision issued: Was Lawful (existing)
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28 Jul 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swansea granted permission on 11 February 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.
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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