Planning application
30 Bernard Street Uplands Swansea SA2 0HT
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Use of property as a Class C4 HMO (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)
As published by the council, reference 2026/0884/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0884/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was Not Lawful (existing)
- Received
- 26 May 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 24 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Uplands - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA2 0HT
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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26 May 2026
Received by Swansea
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29 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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24 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Was Not Lawful (existing)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
- FINAL DECISION NOTICE
- FINAL DELEGATED REPORT
- SITE LOCATION PLAN
- TENANCY AGREEMENT
- TENANCY AGREEMENT
- OS PLAN LPA1 2026/0884/ELD
- APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED
- LOCATION PLAN
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat 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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