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9 High Street Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9BH

P2025/0871Full PlansRefused
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Refused on 26 January 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of part of a ground floor retail unit (use class A1) and C3 dwelling at first floor and attic to a 4-bedroom HMO (use class C4) and the addition of solar panels to the roof of the front elevation

Received
2 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bryn And Cwmavon
Agent
Evans Banks Planning Limited
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 9 High Street Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9BH. Neath has handled 1,575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 31 applications across Bryn And Cwmavon. We hold 541 applications in total for the SA12 postcode area.

97% of full 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
SA12 9BH
Application type
Full Plans
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Port Talbot

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2025
Consultation expiry
29 December 2025
Consultation start
5 December 2025
Consultation end
26 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
5 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
26 December 2025
Last date for comments
29 December 2025
Target decision date
29 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Evans Banks Planning Limited
Agent address
2 Llandeilo Road Cross Hands Carmarthenshire SA14 6NA

Planning decision

Case officer
Gavin Sterio
Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 December 2025
Site notice end
29 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14530240

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Neath

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