Vivian Engine House Neath Road Landore Swansea SA1 2LE Data via plota.co.uk

2026/0743/S99 - Listed Building and Conservation Areas Approved

Proposal

Redevelopment of listed Vivian and Musgrave Engine Houses and Chimneys, including restoration and intervention works, a new link building, a flexible D1, A1, A2, A3 use as well as associated works including hard and soft landscaping, drainage and a new access road to the site (application for Listed Building Consent) (Variation of condition 2 of planning permission approved 10th April 2025 to allow for new and updated drawings and reports to be included with the consent as the proposed foundation design of the Link Structure has been changed, along with the ground backfill, following further assessment of the below-ground archaeology) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 May 2026
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Validated
11 May 2026
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Consultation
12 May 2026
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Approved
27 Aug 2026

Approved on 27 Aug 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 28 Aug 2026

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    Conditions 6 awaiting decision

Site constraints 6

Air quality management area: Swansea Air Quality Management Area 2010
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Scheduled monument about 77 m away: Hafod Copper Works Musgrave Engine and Rolls
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.
6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Boundary wall of former Hafod Copperworks canal docks, Grade II, about 47 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 5 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
SSSI about 206 m away: Six Pit, Swansea Vale and White Rock; Radon affected area, class 4; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Swansea
Application type
Listed Building and Conservation Areas
Postcode
SA1 2LE
Received
6 May 2026
Validated
11 May 2026
Ward
Landore - Area 1
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
27 Aug 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
GWP Architecture

How this decision compares

Decided in 108 days from validation, 53 days slower than Swansea's median of 55 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 90% of commercial and major works here are.

60%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
78decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Swansea in the last twelve months, from validation. Swansea decision record →

Public comments

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1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 28 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14911267
Planning Portal ref
PP-14911267
Neighbours
30 Jun 2026
Consultation
12 May 2026
Comments by
22 Jun 2026
Site or press notice
19 May 2026
Committee
7 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No