Social housing companies want to develop four plots of land at Swansea's former docklands - bringing 180 more properties to what has become a sought-after waterside area. Pobl Group has submitted plans to Swansea Council for two schemes on three plots in SA1, while Coastal Housing has applied to build homes on another plot.
If given the go-ahead they will all be built around the Prince of Wales Dock, which has been transformed from the industrial facility which opened in 1881 to handle Swansea's growing copper, zinc, iron and tinplate industries.
The largest of the three planned developments, by Pobl Group, is for 57 flats and 52 houses on two adjacent plots flats on the south-east corner of the dock. The estate would include 109 parking spaces, play facilities, trees and other greenery, and be accessed via a short link road from Langdon Road.
