89 Hanover Street Swansea SA1 6BQ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use from an existing 6-bed House of Multiple Occupation (HMO)(Use Class C4) to a 7-bed House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) (Unique Class) and insertion of two rear rooflights Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 24 Oct 2025 · Delegated Officer Panel · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Documents 5
Decision & officer reports 1
Consultation & comments 2
Site constraints 2
Checked on 2 November 2026. 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.
Sales history 5
Last sold for £240,000 in October 2024. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2019, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Swansea
- Application type
- Full Plans
- Postcode
- SA1 6BQ
- Received
- 29 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 3 Sept 2025
- Ward
- Uplands - Bay Area
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 29 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Approve
- Decision date
- 24 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Officer Panel
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Evans Banks Planning Limited
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 51 days from validation, 4 days faster than Swansea's median of 55 for full applications. Approved, as 83% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Swansea in the last twelve months, from validation. Swansea decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14291140
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14291140
- Neighbours
- 8 Sept 2025
- Consultation
- 5 Sept 2025
- Comments by
- 3 Oct 2025
- Site or press notice
- 12 Sept 2025
- Statutory expiry
- 29 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
23 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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