15 - 16 High Street Swansea SA1 1LF Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1701/PRE - Pre App Welsh Government Decided
Admin / procedural

Proposal

PRE APP - Subdivide a large retail unit into three and also install new shopfronts Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
4 Aug 2025
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Validated
13 Aug 2025
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Consultation
14 Aug 2025
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Mixed
10 Oct 2025

Mixed on 10 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 16 Oct 2026

Documents 2

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF FINAL PRE-APP LETTER Hysbysiad Penderfyniad - Decision Notice · 10 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM PART 1 Dogfen Gyfredol - Current Document · 4 Aug 2025 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Scheduled monument 140 m away: Original Swansea 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.
Also on the record
6 listed buildings within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 4; National infrastructure project 1631 m away: Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay; Conservation area 86 m away: Alexandra Road.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, 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.

Building

Floor area1,200 m² (12,917 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (asset rating 44)
UseRetail/Financial and Professional Services
HeatingHeating and Natural Ventilation

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2025, 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
Pre App Welsh Government
Postcode
SA1 1LF
Received
4 Aug 2025
Validated
13 Aug 2025
Ward
Castle - Bay Area
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Sept 2025
Decision
Mixed
Decision date
10 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
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Last counted 16 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Consultation
14 Aug 2025
Comments by
28 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
3 Sept 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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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.