5 Darwin Road Sandfields SA12 6BT
Approved on 23 March 2026
Council decision: Issue CertificateDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate for the use of a C3 residential property to provide care for a maximum of 2 children under Use Class C3
- Received
- 19 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Sandfields East
- ReceivedReceived19 Jan
- ValidatedValidated29 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided23 Mar
Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at 5 Darwin Road Sandfields SA12 6BT. Neath has handled 358 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 7 days longer than Neath's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 25 applications across Sandfields East. We hold 541 applications in total for the SA12 postcode area.
99% of outline 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 6BT
- Application type
- Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Port Talbot
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation start
- 2 February 2026
- Consultation end
- 2 February 2026
- Last date for comments
- 2 February 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2026
- Permission expires
- 22 March 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Thomas Lewis
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14632532
- Comments
- 0
Site constraints
Source: Neath
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