Planning application
41 Hanover Street Swansea SA1 6AZ
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Use of property as a HMO (Class C4) (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)
As published by the council, reference 2026/0975/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0975/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Was Lawful (existing)
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Decided
- 10 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Castle - Bay Area
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA1 6AZ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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9 Jun 2026
Received by Swansea
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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10 Aug 2026
Decision issued: Was Lawful (existing)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
10 documents on file for this application
- OS PLANLPA 1
- FINAL DECISION NOTICE
- APPLICATION FORM
- LOCATION PLAN
- TENANCY AGREEMENT
- AST 15.16 4 TENANTS
- AST 16.17 4 TENANTS
- AST 17.18 4 TENANTS
- AST 18.19 4 TENANTS
- HMO LICENSE 2016-2021
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Swansea granted permission on 10 August 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.
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