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Offices 77 Herbert Street Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 4ED

P2026/0049Full PlansApproved
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Approved on 17 April 2026

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Proposed change of use of retail unit (A1 use) and offices (A2 use) to retail unit (A1 use) and health and wellbeing centre (D2 use), and associated external alterations including terracotta render, composite cladding, and fenestration alterations.

Received
27 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Pontardawe
Agent
Evans Banks Planning Limited
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Apr
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 79 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Offices 77 Herbert Street Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 4ED. Neath has handled 1,575 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Neath's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Pontardawe. We hold 78 applications in total for the SA8 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
SA8 4ED
Application type
Full Plans
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pontardawe Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
13 April 2026
Consultation start
23 March 2026
Consultation end
13 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
16 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
30 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 April 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026
Permission expires
16 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
Kate Parry
Statutory period
83 days

Publicity

Site notice start
13 March 2026
Site notice end
27 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14632799
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Neath

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