planning

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…

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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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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

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Padel courts, zip wire and a year-round lido: Swansea’s big plans for the bay — but no answers on the slip bridge

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An architect's exterior render of the proposed Trefelin Pathways to Progression vocational centre in Port Talbot, showing a two-storey red brick Victorian-style building with tall windows and a matching red tiled roof, set against a green hillside

PORT TALBOT: Victorian school building to be transformed into vocational training centre for teenagers — with a stunning new courtyard at its heart

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CK Foodstores on Pentragethin Road in Cwmbwrla

CWMBWRLA: Plans in for 12 flats above the CK Foodstores supermarket near Cwmbwrla Roundabout

A planning application has been filed to convert the empty upper floors…

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The junction of Tower Gardens and Townhill Road

TOWNHILL: Social housing developer plans 27 affordable homes on derelict nursery site

A Swansea social housing developer has lodged plans for 27 affordable homes…

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An elevated, wide-angle aerial shot of a large, modern housing estate with numerous red-brick and white-rendered houses, surrounded by lush green woodland under a clear sky.

Property and Construction

STUDENT VILLAGE TRANSFORMATION: Final phase of major Swansea housing project given the green light

The transformation of a site that once housed thousands of students into…

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The exterior of Parc Fforestfach retail park showing the vacant units 4 and 5 in the foreground, with The Food Warehouse and a Jollyes "coming soon" sign visible to the right, and cars parked in the foreground.

FFORESTFACH: Plans submitted for huge new 24-hour gym at retail park – next to a planned new Nando’s

A huge new 24-hour gym could be set to open at Parc…

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Aerial image of Swansea’s Strand area with railway station, car park, and student towers.

Swansea’s future mapped out: new transport hub, market revamp and cultural quarter in draft city centre plan

Council unveils sweeping regeneration blueprint stretching from the seafront to Dyfatty.

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