Planning application
36 St Albans Road Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BP
Works: New dwelling
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
4 self-contained Class C3 flats (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development
As published by the council, reference 2026/0854/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0854/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was Lawful (existing)
- Received
- 20 May 2026
- Validated
- 26 May 2026
- Decided
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Uplands - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA2 0BP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Swansea register
This site has had 5 applications since 2019: 2 approved, 2 refused.
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2025/1845/ELD Refused
36 St Albans Road Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BP
Use of property as three separate flats (application for a Certificate of Lawfulness)
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2019/2157/FUL Granted
36 St Albans Road Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BP
Conversion of property into 2 no. 2 bedroom self-contained flats
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2019/0707/FUL Refused
36 St Albans Road Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BP
Conversion of property into 3 self-contained flats
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2019/0109/FUL Withdrawn
36 St Albans Road Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BP
Change of use from residential to an 8 bed HMO
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 May 2026
Received by Swansea
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26 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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15 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Was Lawful (existing)
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
65 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swansea granted permission on 15 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.
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.
Nearby applications
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36 St Albans Road Brynmill Swansea SA2 0BP
Conversion of property into 2 no. 2 bedroom self-contained flats
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