Swansea Council revealed at the end of April that it is to vacate its existing depots at Pipehouse Wharf in the city centre and Home Farm in Singleton Park and move to a new location at Swansea Enterprise Park.
The Pipehouse Wharf location is currently home to a Swansea Council vehicle services depot – and the authority plans to vacate it this year.
The land, between the southern end of Morfa Road and the River Tawe, is now being marketed by the council’s agents Knight Frank.
The council say that funds raised from the sale will be used to help run essential council services.
(Image: Swansea Council)
(Image: Swansea Council)
Council leader Rob Stewart said: “Pipehouse Wharf is a well-known landmark in a prominent location – I’m confident that its sale will attract significant interest.
“It’s an attractive redevelopment opportunity at a riverside location. It’s suitable for a range of alternative uses and I encourage interested parties to make their own inquiries with our agents.”
The council says the Pipehouse Wharf depot site is 1.75 hectares (4.33 acres) in size and around a quarter of a mile from the city centre High Street Railway Station. It’s broadly rectangular and generally level.
Buildings there include 40,500 sq ft of industrial workshop units and a two-storey office structure.
The Parc Tawe retail park is nearby as are the Swansea.com Stadium and Morfa Retail Park. Other nearby facilities include a University of Wales Trinity Saint David business campus.
Also nearby are private homes, student accommodation and industrial units.
The council say that any proposed development would have to go through the formal planning process.
Existing use planning permission exists for offices, research and development use, light industry, storage and distribution.
The council say offers should be submitted by noon on 10 July 2025.
The council say they plan to vacate Pipehouse Wharf this year and move to a new central depot facility to be shared with the Dr Organics business in Swansea Enterprise Zone. Council staff are being consulted.
Coastal Housing has previously expressed an interest in the council’s Pipehouse Wharf depot, proposing a development of 150 homes on the 4.33-acre River Tawe site in 2017.
A spokesperson for Beacon Cymru, which was previously known as Coastal Housing, said: “We’re always interested in sites that have potential to deliver change you can see, but [Pipehouse Wharf] doesn’t feature in current or future plans at this time.”
In the meantime, the council say that no decision has been made on the its Home Farm depot, and there is no proposal to dispose or redevelop that site.
The council has previously mooted plans for redeveloping its Home Farm depot site in Singleton Park, which also includes a Grade II listed farmhouse.
A cabinet report in 2019 said there was an opportunity a heritage-based development at Home Farm, including 42 houses, to safeguard the site – although none of the parkland itself would be touched.
The proposal sparked fierce debate and opposition and was eventually put on hold.
