31 Commercial Road Taibach Neath Port Talbot SA13 1LN
Approved on 15 April 2026
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion of a former cafe (use class A3) to a health studio (use class D2)
- Received
- 12 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Margam & Taibach
- Agent
- Evans Banks Planning Limited
- ReceivedReceived12 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation6 Apr
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 31 Commercial Road Taibach Neath Port Talbot SA13 1LN. Neath has handled 1,575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 5 weeks longer than Neath's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 56 applications across Margam & Taibach. We hold 683 applications in total for the SA13 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
- SA13 1LN
- Application type
- Full Plans
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Port Talbot
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 6 April 2026
- Consultation start
- 23 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 6 April 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 26 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 6 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 17 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 14 April 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Evans Banks Planning Limited
- Agent address
- 2 Llandeilo Road Cross Hands Carmarthenshire SA14 6NA
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Gavin Sterio
- Statutory period
- 84 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 27 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 20 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14606447
Site constraints
Source: Neath
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Consultants on this application
- Evans Banks Planning Limited · Agent for this application
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