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Glan Lash opencast coal mine viewed from above
Ammanford

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, citing damage to protected woodland, peatland and one…

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

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 have won a landmark ruling after a Welsh…

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

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

Swansea Council has approved plans to more than double the Grand Hotel's bedrooms from 53 to 106 — but not…

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
AFL Architects

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

Swansea City want to build a massive fan zone and sports bar next to the Swansea.com Stadium that could hold…

Blackpill
Blackpill

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

Swansea Council has unveiled plans to transform the three-mile foreshore between the marina and Blackpill — with padel courts, a…

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
Aberavon

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

Neath Port Talbot Council has secured planning permission to transform a vacant Victorian building in Port Talbot into the Trefelin…

CK Foodstores on Pentragethin Road in Cwmbwrla
Affordable Housing

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 of the CK Foodstores supermarket on Pentregethin Road…

The junction of Tower Gardens and Townhill Road
Affordable Housing

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

A Swansea social housing developer has lodged plans for 27 affordable homes on a derelict Townhill site that has been…

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.
Hendrefoilan Park

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 a modern family community is set to be…

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.
development

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 Fforestfach retail park, taking over the large unit…