Country England and Wales › Region Wales › Council Swansea › Neighbourhood St Thomas › Postcode SA1 8JG What's changing near SA1 8JG Within 2 km, around St Thomas in Swansea. Building, planning, schools, transport, prices and crime.
117 new homes completed within 2 km, last 2 years
0 homes given permission on brownfield sites since 2021
+5.4% like-for-like prices in St Thomas, 2024 → 2025 (council +4.9%)
-16% recorded crime, last 12 months vs the 12 before
On the map
Black pin: the postcode. Tap a dot for details.
Nearby, most recent first New homes 8 new homes completed flats · Sep 2026
Sept 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 9 new homes completed flats · Aug 2026
Aug 2026 New homes 7 new homes completed flats · Feb 2026
Feb 2026 New homes 50 new homes completed flats · Nov 2025
Nov 2025 New homes 21 new homes completed flats · May 2025
May 2025 New homes 10 new homes completed flats · Nov 2024
Nov 2024 New-home postcodes with fewer than 5 homes are counted above but not listed. 9 postcodes nearby had new homes completed in the last two years.
8 homes extended 2021–2025, typically adding 25 m²
15 since energy certificates began (2008)
1 in SA1 8JG itself
Spotted when a home's energy certificate shows at least 15 m² (and 15%) more floor area than an earlier one. Only homes with two certificates show up, so the real number is higher. A busy street suggests extensions get permission here; check the council's planning register for the details.
Storm overflows within 2 km No monitored sewer storm overflows within 2 km (England only).
Environment Agency event duration monitoring, 2025 annual return (OGL; © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026). Overflows release diluted sewage into rivers and the sea when sewers are overwhelmed, mostly after heavy rain.
Solar, wind and battery projects within 10 km 26 planned, approved or being built and 11 running (48 MW between them). Those within 5 km are on the map above.
Solar farm Tir John Solar Farm Approved, not yet built · 3 MW
Jun 2023 Solar farm Carn Nicholas Farm Being built · 5 MW
Dec 2018 Battery storage John Green Frog Power Compound, John North Road - Battery System Approved, not yet built · 20 MW
Jan 2023 Battery storage Morfa Stadium, Normandy Road - Battery Storage Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Apr 2026 Rooftop solar Brunel Way, Pentrechwyth - Solar Panels Approved, not yet built · 740 kW
Mar 2022 Battery storage Swansea University, Fabian Way - Battery Energy Storage Approved, not yet built · 530 kW
Dec 2022 Battery storage Kemys Way - Micro Energy Storage Facility Planning application in · 200 kW
May 2025 Battery storage Kemys Way, Swansea Enterprise Park - Battery Energy Storage Planning application in · 200 kW
May 2025 Battery storage Ferryboat Close, Swansea Enterprise Park - Micro Energy Storage Unit Approved, not yet built · 200 kW
Jul 2025 Rooftop solar Ffordd Amazon, Crymlyn Burrows Solar Pannels Approved, not yet built
Mar 2021 Road and street works within 1 km No road or street works with a permit running now or planned within 1 km (England; permits granted up to the end of September 2026).
DfT Street Manager permits (OGL), England. Dates are the planned ones; works often finish early or overrun.
Major infrastructure projects within 30 km Decided decided Jun 2015 Decided Abergelli Power Generating Stations · Farmland to the north of Swansea, Wales decided Sept 2019 Decided decided Dec 2015 Decided decided Jul 2015 Planning Inspectorate list of nationally significant infrastructure projects (roads, railways, energy, water, waste), October 2026 (OGL). Each is placed at one point, usually the middle of the site; long schemes run well beyond it.
Transport schemes within 20 km None on our list yet. We're starting with recently opened and under-construction rail schemes.
Running nearest: Carn Nicholas Farm (Extension) (solar farm, 1.4 km); Swansea University Bay Campus (rooftop solar, 3.2 km); Cockett Valley (solar farm, 6.4 km); Baglan Bay Solar Farm - Phase 1 (solar farm, 6.7 km); Briton / Neath (landfill gas, 6.7 km).
DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database, April to June 2026 (OGL). Projects of 150 kW and over; refused, withdrawn and abandoned ones are left out.