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Swansea Corporation, later Swansea County Borough Council, later Swansea City Council, recordsBA, BE, EA, HE, LE, PL, TC and TR

Borough Architect's DepartmentS/BA/hub

Borough Engineer's DepartmentS/BE/hub

Records relating to ARP and air raid sheltersS/BE/1/hub

Unfit housesS/BE/2/hub

Street lightingS/BE/9/hub

Planning consent documents and plans relating to properties in the County Borough of Swansea. The files typically contain the plans submitted for consideration by the council, along with any supporting paperwork. Each is stamped by the various departments they passed through, and the councils decision is given. The item number is the application number assigned at the beginning of the planning process: it is used at every stage of the process, for example in council minute books, and in the various planning registers listed as BE 31-35.S/BE/30/hub

Registers of applications, consents and refusals for planning. These registers record details of planning applications received, including the applicants name, the street and parish in which the development is planned, particulars of development, and details of the decision.S/BE/31/hub

Registers of Applications for Building LicencesS/BE/32/hub

Records relating to building controlS/BE/33/hub

Records relating to housingS/BE/34/hub

Registers of applications, consents and refusals for planning. These registers constitute a record of the various stages of the planning process in Swansea. They include the location and description of the application, name of the applicant (some also include the name of the architect or builder), the date of consent, application or refusal, depending on the nature of the record, and the plan number. The plan to which this refers can be found, if it is still in existence, among the building plans listed as BE 30.S/BE/35/hub

Report BooksS/BE/36/hub

Building controls recordsS/BE/37/hub

Plans of properties in LandoreS/BE/38/hub

PhotographsS/BE/39/hub

Aberdyberthi Street, Hafod.BE 39/1a-b

Clayton Street, Landore.BE 39/2

Graig Road, Morriston.BE 39/3

Hafod Street, Hafod.BE 39/4

Hanover Street, Swansea.BE 39/5

James Street, Swansea.BE 39/6a-f

Lewis Lewis Store, High Street, Swansea.BE 39/7

Llangyfelach Road, Pentre Estyll.BE 39/8a-b

Llangyfelach Road, Treboeth.BE 39/9

Market Street, Morriston.BE 39/10a-c

Morriston Dingle: aerial view.BE 39/11a-b

Pleasant Row, Llangyfelach Road, Brynhyfryd.BE 39/12a-c

Prince of Wales Road, Swansea.BE 39/13

Prospect Place, Swansea.BE 39/14a-c

Richardson Street, Swansea.BE 39/15

St Davids Roman Catholic Church.BE 39/16

Vernon Street, Hafod.BE 39/17a-b

Weavers Flour Mill.BE 39/18a-o

Wern Road, Landore.BE 39/19

Unidentified house (No. 1110).BE 39/20

Set of photographs showing the development of the East Side Road (now known as Fabian Way), during the 1950s and 1960s.S/BE/40/hub

Miscellaneous photographs from the Borough Engineers DepartmentS/BE/41/hub

General Correspondence Files. The following files include correspondence and in some instances, plans and bills of quantities.S/BE/51/hub

Files relating to war-damaged properties: general files, including some relating to reconstruction of Swansea town centre after the BlitzS/BE/52/hub

Preliminary reconstruction drawings of Swansea and other records, created by Ernest E. Morgan, Borough Architect, 1930s and c. 1943S/BE/55/hub

Miscellaneous filesS/BE/56/hub

Aerial mosaic photographs of Swansea, 1946. These aerial mosaic photographs of Swansea from Morriston to Mumbles were taken by the Royal Air Force in March 1946. They were either commissioned or subsequently purchased by the Swansea Corporation Borough Engineer and Surveyors Department and bound into volumes for ease of reference. Each volume covers a strip of land running east-westS/BE/100/hub

Ordnance Survey aerial photographs prepared from Air Photographs taken by the R.A.F, March 1946. Approximate scale 1:1250 or about 50 inches to 1 mile. The aerial photographs have been catalogued in more detail using National Grid references.S/BE/101/hub

Photographs of engineering works in Swansea, 1923-1979. This collection of photographs records various aspects of engineering work which was carried out by the Engineers Department of the Borough of Swansea. This includes properties designated for demolition, the development of new road layouts, and building works. The subjects covered are all within the pre-1974 boundaries of the City of Swansea. NB. The original numbering sequence for this collection has been retained, and consequently there are occasional gaps in the numbering sequence.S/BE/EN1P/hub

Photographs of engineering works in Swansea, 1979-1996. This collection of photographs records various aspects of engineering work which was carried out by the Engineer's Department of the Borough of Swansea. This includes properties designated for demolition, the development of new road layouts, and building works. NB. The original numbering sequence for this collection has been retained, and consequently there are occasional gaps in the numbering sequence.S/BE/EN1PR/hub

Borough Estate Agent's DepartmentS/EA/hub

Medical Officer of Health's DepartmentS/HE/hub

Swansea City Council: Leisure Services DepartmentS/LE/hub

Swansea City Council: Planning DepartmentS/PL/hub

Town Clerk's DepartmentS/TC/hub

Treasurer's DepartmentS/TR/hub