Piazza plans to revamp Mumbles square
The square's owners, EP Leisure and Swansea Council, have said the new proposal would also have restaurant and wine bar outlets, along with ground-floor shops set around a piazza. The plan is for each hotel room to have a sea view.
Bryan Evans, managing director of EP Leisure, said: "The company aim is to bring forward a scheme which will do justice to the location and which will be a source of pride to all those associated with the project. The introduction of a spa hotel will not only meet contemporary expectations, it will reverse the flow of hotel closures and bring a much-needed impetus into the economic base of Mumbles."
Previous development proposals for the waterfront square, currently a car park, have failed to bear fruit in a saga lasting more than 20 years.
A separate, major hotel scheme is being considered as part of Mumbles Pier redevelopment plans.
THE plan for a four-star spa hotel and piazza at Oystermouth Square is very good news indeed.
But we hope that a planning application for the scheme will be produced quickly.
There have been far too many delays and false starts about developing Oystermouth Square. Twenty years of disputes and arguments have left this entrance to Mumbles in a sorry state.
At least Swansea Council appear to be on board from the start this time. Council leader Chris Holley says he looks forward to the time when the vision is turned into reality.
Please don’t let that time by too far off, Councillor Holley.
And in another good sign, local businesses and the community council are making all the right noises of support.
Mumbles is in desperate need of high-quality development. It has suffered a decade of decline.
Once infamous as a venue for stag and hen parties, it has lost that dubious distinction to Wind Street. But it has not found a new and classier market to replace all the stags and hens.
Mumbles should be a gem of a place, and a jewel for Swansea Bay.
Hopefully, this scheme - and developments at Mumbles Pier - will help to transform the village and bring back the tourists.
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