Planning application
104 Hanover Street Central Swansea Swansea SA1 6BQ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Use of property an a HMO (Class C4) (application for a Certificate of Lawfulness)
As published by the council, reference 2026/1459/ELD
Application record
- Reference
- 2026/1459/ELD
- Type
- Lawful Dev. Cert. - Existing
- Status
- Being Considered
- Received
- 4 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 4 Sep 2026
- Ward
- Uplands - Bay Area
- Postcode
- SA1 6BQ
Comment by 30 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Swansea's portal.
Site history
Applications at this address on the Swansea register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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2026/0876/ELD Refused
104 Hanover Street Central Swansea Swansea SA1 6BQ
Use of property as a HMO (Class C4) (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Sep 2026
Received by Swansea
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11 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 30 October 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
22 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.
Trade members open them from here.
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 48 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.
Nearby applications
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104 Hanover Street Central Swansea Swansea SA1 6BQ
Use of property as a HMO (Class C4) (application for a Certificate of Existing Lawful Development)
Refused Lawful development 36 docs -
110 Hanover Street Swansea SA1 6BQ
Use of property as a HMO (Class C4)
Granted Lawful development 16 docs -
119 Hanover Street Swansea SA1 6BQ
Change of use from residential (Class C3) to 5 bedroom HMO for 5 people (Class C4)
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12 Woodlands Terrace Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6BR
Change of use from a House in Multiple Occupation (Class C4) to a Children's Home (Class C2)
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17 Woodlands Terrace Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6BR
Change from a 9-Bed HMO to one 5-Bed HMO and one 4-Bed HMO
Refused Full applications 10 docs -
17 Woodlands Terrace Mount Pleasant Swansea SA1 6BR
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)
Refused Lawful development 36 docs
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