Planning application
Castle Cinema Worcester Place City Centre Swansea SA1 1JQ
Works: New dwelling Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Redevelopment of the Former Castle Cinema to provide a mixed use scheme of commercial units and 30 no. Residential Apartments consisting of refurbishment, extension and associated works - Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) of Listed Building Consent 2023/1175/LBC granted 9th September 2024 to regularise the change to the configuration of the internal structural steelwork
As published by the council, reference 2025/2607/S99
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2607/S99
- Type
- Listed Building and Conservation Areas
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Approve
- Received
- 9 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 9 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 17 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Castle - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA1 1JQ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Dec 2025
Received by Swansea
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17 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Approve
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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2026/1347/S99 Awaiting decision
Castle Cinema Worcester Place Swansea SA1 1JQ
Redevelopment of the Former Castle Cinema to provide a mixed use scheme of commercial units and 30 no. Residential Apartments consisting of refurbishment, extension and associated works - Variation of condition 2 (approved documents) of Listed Building Consent 2023/1175/LBC (as amended by S99 approval ref: 2025/2607/S99) granted 17/03/2026 to regularise the change to the internal configuration of the top floor and the installation of 2 no. rooflights
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2026/1347/S73 Awaiting decision
Castle Cinema Worcester Place Swansea SA1 1JQ
Redevelopment of the Former Castle Cinema to provide a mixed use scheme of commercial units and 30 no. Residential Apartments consisting of refurbishment, extension and associated works - Variation of condition 2 (approved documents) of Listed Building Consent 2023/1175/LBC (as amended by S99 approval ref: 2025/2607/S99) granted 17/03/2026 to regularise the change to the internal configuration of the top floor and the installation of 2 no. rooflights
Who's behind it
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Asbri Planning Ltd. Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Bridgend
Active · incorporated 2007 · Bridgend
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
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Swansea granted permission on 17 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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