54 & 54A King Street, Carmarthen, SA31 1BD Data via plota.co.uk

PL/11217 - Full planning permission Approved

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor No.54 from night club to retail shopping. Form access at ground and first floor level into no.54A. Change of use of first floor of no.54A from storage to residential flat Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Validated
11 Aug 2026
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Approved
23 Sept 2026

Approved on 23 Sept 2026 · Last checked 29 Sept 2026

Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: 54 King Street
List entry 70828 · 5 m away · 65 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 62 Grade II)
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.
Show the other 65 with distances
Historic England ↗
Carmarthen Town conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Air quality management area: Carmarthen AQMA
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 79 m away: Carmarthen Castle
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.
Special area of conservation 217 m away: Afon Tywi / River Tywi
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Also on the record
SSSI 217 m away: Afon Tywi; Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project 152 m away: Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm, at pre-application.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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

Application type
Full planning permission
Postcode
SA31 1BD
Received
29 Jul 2026
Validated
11 Aug 2026
Ward
Carmarthen North and South
Parish
Carmarthen
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Oct 2026
Decision
Full Granted
Decision date
23 Sept 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 13 days faster than Carmarthenshire's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 74% of changes of use here are.

54%decided within 8 weeks
74%approved
82decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Carmarthenshire in the last twelve months, from validation. Carmarthenshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

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3 Sept 2026