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Empty Swansea Retail Unit to Become Gaming Centre and Tanning Salon

Empty Swansea Retail Unit to Become Gaming Centre and Tanning Salon

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Updated by Alan Evans

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Last Updated 29th May 2024, 07:57 AM

Empty Swansea Retail Unit to Become Gaming Centre and Tanning Salon

Planning application submitted for gaming centre with tanning salon only realistic proposal for empty city centre retail unit. (Image: Alan Evans / Casinos.com)

A Company called iLudo82 Ltd has submitted plans to open a gaming centre with slots for people aged 18 and over in Swansea City Centre. The plans include a tanning centre above.

The plans reveal that the company aim to set up the centre on Union Street in Swansea close to the City’s famous market.

An empty retail unit would be repurposed under the plans for a former card and gift shop. The planning application states that the centre would be open 24 hours a day with the tanning salon being open from 9am to 9pm.

Proposal for Nine New Jobs in City Centre

The company called iLudo82 Ltd wants to set the venture up at an empty retail unit on Union Street, not far from the entrance to Swansea Market.

The company already have two businesses, one in Cheltenham and one in Gloucester under the trading name Be Lucky.

Applicant Only Realistic Proposal for Empty Retail Unit

In a design and access statement submitted on behalf of the applicants it is proposed that the new business would create at least nine new jobs.

The statement said the gaming centre would contribute to the city’s evening economy and boost footfall, and that the property has been marketed since June 2023 with “little interest from retailers.” Most enquiries, it said, were about non-retail uses.

A letter from the marketing agent said the proposed gaming centre appeared to be the only realistic occupier, and added: “Otherwise, the premises could remain vacant for a very long time.”

A noise assessment commissioned by iLudo82 said the development would not have an unacceptable impact on people living nearby.

Adult gaming centres were a new category of premises introduced by the 2005 Gambling Act. Only certain types of gaming machines can operate in them and there are licensing requirements.

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Alan Evans

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Most of my career was spent in teaching including at one of the UK’s top private schools. I left London in 2000 and set up home in Wales raising four beautiful children. I enrolled at University where I studied Photography and film and gained a Degree and subsequently a Masters Degree. In 2014 I helped launch a new local newspaper and managed to get front and back page as well as 6 filler pages on a weekly basis. I saw that journalism was changing and was a pioneer of hyperlocal news in Wales. In 2017 I started one of the first 24/7 free independent news sites for Wales. Having taken that to a successful business model I was keen for a new challenge. Joining the company is exciting for me especially as it is a new role in Europe. I am keen to establish myself and help others to do the same.

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