Planning application
Flat 1 122 St Helens Road Sandfields Swansea SA1 3UN
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from Residential (Class C3) to one Residential Care Home for up to 2 children (Class C2) (application for a Certificate of Proposed Lawful Development)
As published by the council, reference 2026/0988/PLD
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/0988/PLD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert - Proposed
- Status
- Being Considered
- Received
- 12 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 12 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Castle - Bay Area
- Postcode
- SA1 3UN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Jun 2026
Received by Swansea
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 August 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Swansea took a median of 55 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Swansea for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Swansea decided lawful development applications in a median of 47 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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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