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Visitors Centre Afan Argoed Country Park Afan Valley Road Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3HG

P2022/0040Reg 3 - Council DevApproved

Approved on 31 March 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the existing visitor centre to a stand alone cafe/restaurant (A3 use) with ancillary visitor information; including ancillary retail of part the visitor centre. Change of use for three camper van electric hook up points within the car park. Regularisation of change of use of land the rear of the centre, to an ancillary campsite for up to 10 pitches.

Received
13 January 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Cymmer & Glyncorrwg
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated4 Feb
  3. Consult.2 Mar
  4. Target31 Mar
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Visitors Centre Afan Argoed Country Park Afan Valley Road Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3HG. Neath has handled 28 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Neath's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across Cymmer & Glyncorrwg. We hold 683 applications in total for the SA13 postcode area.

97% of all applications at Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SA13 3HG
Application type
Reg 3 - Council Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Port Talbot

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 February 2022
Consultation expiry
16 March 2022
Consultation start
9 February 2022
Consultation end
2 March 2022
Neighbour consultation start
9 February 2022
Neighbour consultation end
2 March 2022
Last date for comments
16 March 2022
Target decision date
31 March 2022
Permission expires
30 March 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
NPTCBC
Agent address
The Quays Brunel Way Baglan Energy Park Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2GG

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 February 2022
Site notice end
16 March 2022

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Neath

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