Planning application
Vivian Engine House Neath Road Landore Swansea SA1 2LE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Redevelopment of listed Vivian and Musgrave Engine Houses and Chimneys, including restoration and intervention works, a new link building, a flexible D1, A1, A2, A3 use as well as associated works including hard and soft landscaping, drainage and a new access road to the site (application for Listed Building Consent) (Variation of condition 2 of planning permission 2024/1662/LBC approved 10th April 2025 to allow for new and updated drawings and reports to be included with the consent as the proposed foundation design of the Link Structure has been changed, along with the ground backfill, following further assessment of the below-ground archaeology)
As published by the council, reference 2026/0743/S99
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0743/S99
- Type
- Listed Building and Conservation Areas
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Decision
- Granted As published: Permitted
- Received
- 6 May 2026
- Validated
- 11 May 2026
- Decided
- 20 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Landore - Area 1
- Postcode
- SA1 2LE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Swansea register
This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 4 approved, 0 refused.
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2026/0122/DOC Awaiting decision
Vivian Engine House Neath Road Landore Swansea SA1 2LE
Redevelopment of Vivian and Musgrave Engine Houses and Chimneys, including restoration and intervention works, with new link building - Discharge of condition 6 (various details) of planning permission 2024/1662/LBC approved 27th January 2025
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2025/2511/DOC Granted
Vivian Engine House Neath Road Landore Swansea SA1 2LE
Redevelopment of Vivian and Musgrave Engine Houses and Chimneys, including restoration and intervention works, with new link building - Discharge of Condition 9 (method statement for void tops) of Listed Building Consent 2024/1662/LBC granted 10th April 2025
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2025/2513/DOC Granted
Vivian Engine House Neath Road Landore Swansea SA1 2LE
Redevelopment of Vivian and Musgrave Engine Houses and Chimneys, including restoration and intervention works, with new link building - Discharge of Condition 11(Void 6 North) of Listed Building Consent 2024/1662/LBC gratend 10th April 2025
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2025/2512/DOC Granted
Vivian Engine House Neath Road Landore Swansea SA1 2LE
Redevelopment of Vivian and Musgrave Engine Houses and Chimneys, including restoration and intervention works, with new link building - Discharge of condition 10b (void 5 method statement) of Listed building Consent 2024/1662/LBC granted 10th April 2025
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 May 2026
Received by Swansea
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11 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Permitted
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28 Jul 2026
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GWP architecture Agent, an architecture practice registered in Leeds
Active · incorporated 1995 · Leeds
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
29 documents on file for this application
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Swansea granted permission on 20 July 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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