Step forward for new riverside homes plan

PROPOSALS to transform a large patch of riverside land into a housing complex with communal and commercial space have taken a step forward in Swansea.

- RICHARD YOULE Senior local democracy reporter

The St Thomas riverside site (left of river) which could become a housing complex.

(SWANSEA COUNCIL)

There would be 120 flats in three and six-storey blocks and 38 houses at the former St Thomas railway station site, just north of the Tawe bridges. Half of the 158 properties would be classed as affordable.

The scheme could also include steps leading down to the River Tawe, a pontoon, improved pedestrian links and a future pedestrian and cycle bridge west across the river.

Swansea Council's cabinet has approved an early stage of the project, which is being taken forward by a regeneration company called Urban Splash and housebuilder Lovell.

The council appointed Urban Splash four years ago as a partner to redevelop seven large sites in or near the city centre, the St Thomas site being one of them.