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Abernant Colliery Pontardawe SA8 4SX

P2026/0410Screening OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 September 2026

Council decision: Not EIA Development

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Proposal

Request for Screening opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environment Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 for a proposed biomass gasification Combined Heat and Power (CHP) waste-to-hydrogen production facility

Received
18 June 2026
Ward
Pontardawe
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.6 Jul
  4. Target24 Jul
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Abernant Colliery Pontardawe SA8 4SX. Neath has handled 358 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 23 applications across Pontardawe. We hold 78 applications in total for the SA8 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
SA8 4SX
Application type
Screening Opinion
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Pontardawe Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2026
Consultation expiry
6 July 2026
Consultation start
22 June 2026
Consultation end
6 July 2026
Last date for comments
6 July 2026
Target decision date
24 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Sol Environment
Agent address
Unit 5.3 Paintworks Arnos Vale Bristol BS4 3EH

Planning decision

Case officer
Claire Hall
Statutory period
36 days

Additional information

Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Neath

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