Just under 100 houses and flats will be built on grazing land in Loughor, right next to another new estate. Swansea Council's planning committee unanimously approved an application by social housing provider Pobl Group and housebuilder Jehu Group for 98 homes on land south of Glebe Road.
The site in question was earmarked for 60 houses when Swansea's local development plan was drawn up. However, planning report before the committee said higher densities could be justified subject to certain criteria being met.
Pobl Group had wanted 103 homes to be built but scaled it back to 98. The five units dropped were affordable ones but there will still be 37 of them throughout the estate.
