Planning application
398 Oystermouth Road Swansea SA1 3UL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use as 1 flat and 3 three-bedroom HMOs (application for a Certificate of Lawfulness)
As published by the council, reference 2025/2595/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2595/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Was Lawful (existing)
- Received
- 8 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 8 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 3 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Castle - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA1 3UL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Dec 2025
Received by Swansea
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3 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Was Lawful (existing)
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28 Jul 2026
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Who's behind it
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Graham Carlisle Planning Agent, a planning consultancy
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13 documents on file for this application
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Swansea granted permission on 3 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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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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