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A two-storey brick office building at Sandringham Park, Swansea Vale, with cars parked outside and a "3 Sandringham Park" sign on the front.

SWANSEA VALE: Former DVLA call centre could become NHS factory making cancer medicines for the region

NHS Wales wants to turn a vacant office at Sandringham Park —…

By

Kit Peters

5 Min Read

The exterior of a Which Wich sandwich restaurant

SWANSEA: American sandwich chain Which Wich lines up first city-centre outlet

The Dallas-based chain, which made customers queue down the street when Popeyes…

By

Kit Peters

3 Min Read

Two tents pitched on a grassy clifftop above Three Cliffs Bay, with the beach, sea and the three limestone peaks in the background under a blue sky.

GOWER: Campsites could open without planning permission as new rules slip past council protections

A change in Welsh Government law means some recreational camping on Gower…

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Kit Peters

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Aerial view of Parc Felindre business park near Swansea, with looping internal roads, empty green plots, an electricity substation and a single large distribution centre.

FELINDRE: ‘A real let-down’ — two council leaders, years apart, share the same frustration over stalled flagship site

The long-promised Felindre site has been branded "a real let-down" to Swansea…

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Kit Peters

7 Min Read

Artist's impression of a proposed two-storey red-brick house alongside single-storey bungalows in Croeserw

CROESERW: 25 new affordable homes and assisted-living flats planned for vacant Menai Avenue land

Social landlord Tai Tarian wants to build houses, bungalows and assisted-living apartments…

By

Kit Peters

6 Min Read

Fairwood Terrace street name sign beside a road leading under a low stone railway bridge, with cars passing.

GOWERTON: ‘Surely they should have foreseen this?’ — the decade-long fight over homes, schools and mine shafts now in the hands of a Welsh Government inspector

By

Kit Peters

24 Min Read

Glan Lash opencast coal mine viewed from above

COAL MINING: Plans for UK’s last outstanding opencast mine rejected near Ammanford

Carmarthenshire Council has refused an application to extend the Glan Lash mine,…

By

Kit Peters

5 Min Read

Map outlines Persimmon’s proposed 216‑home Fairwood Terrace development in Gowerton, now at appeal after council refusal over traffic concerns.

GOWERTON: Persimmon’s Fairwood Terrace plans dealt massive blow as Welsh Government orders full environmental assessment

Campaigners fighting Persimmon Homes' proposed 216-home development at Fairwood Terrace in Gowerton…

By

Kit Peters

9 Min Read

Architectural visualisation of the Grand Hotel Swansea showing the approved north elevation with new mansard roof extension above the original 1930s Art Deco façade

SWANSEA: 1930s Art Deco hotel wins approval to double its bedrooms and target 4-star rating — despite row over unauthorised excavation near historic Quaker burial ground

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Kit Peters

6 Min Read

An architect's exterior render of the proposed Swansea City fan zone showing a large club mural featuring players in white running along the full length of the building's exterior wall, with the existing tree line retained alongside a wide public footpath

Swansea City plan huge fan zone for more than 1,700 fans — with self-pour beer taps, a big screen and a bierkeller vibe

By

Kit Peters

5 Min Read

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