Planning application
13-15 Portland Street And 56-57 Kingsway Swansea
Works: New dwelling Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Addition of 2nd and 3rd floor extensions to the building to provide 6 studio flats
As published by the council, reference 2026/0358/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0358/FUL
- Type
- Full Plans
- Status
- Being Considered
- Received
- 5 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 21 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Castle - Bay Area
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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5 Mar 2026
Received by Swansea
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21 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 15 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Swansea took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
17 documents on file for this application
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