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17 Woodlands Terrace Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6BR

Refused Swansea 2026/0852/ELD Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing

Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.

Proposal

Use of building as two residential unit, the ground floor and basement form Flat 1 which is a 4 bed HMO (Class C4) and a maisonette flat on the upper floors that is a 5 bed HMO (Class C4) (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)

As published by the council, reference 2026/0852/ELD

Application record

Reference
2026/0852/ELD
Type
Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
Status
Decided
Decision
Was Not Lawful (existing)
Received
20 May 2026
Validated
22 May 2026
Decided
8 Jul 2026
Ward
Uplands - Bay Area
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
SA1 6BR

Site history

Applications at this address on the Swansea register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 3 refused.

  • 2026/0301/FUL Refused

    17 Woodlands Terrace Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6BR

    Second floor extension to the rear to create a bedroom, along with the conversion of an existing first floor bedroom to form a new lounge, maintaining 9 No. HMO beds in total

    Decided 24 Apr 2026 Full applications
  • 2025/2414/FUL Refused

    17 Woodlands Terrace Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6BR

    Change from a 9-Bed HMO to one 5-Bed HMO and one 4-Bed HMO

    Decided 23 Jan 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 20 May 2026

    Received by Swansea

  2. 22 May 2026

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 8 Jul 2026

    Decision issued: Was Not Lawful (existing)

  4. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

36 documents on file for this application

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What this refusal means

Swansea refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. 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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