Huddersfield House 23 - 25 Talbot Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1HW Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Change of use of former office and social club into a mixed use development comprising 3 No. offices at ground floor and 8 No. flats at first and second floors, with a second floor flat roof extension, creation of external roof terrace, installation of solar panels, rear parking area, new shop front, replacement window and doors and removal of windows with associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
23 Mar 2026
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Validated
22 Apr 2026
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Consultation
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 6 Oct 2026; it is now day 170.

The consultation period closed on 6 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 5

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Air quality management area: Neath Port Talbot AQMA Taibach/Margam
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
National infrastructure project about 901 m away: Internal Power Generation Enhancement for Port Talbot Steelworks
The site is about 901 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Coalfield, development low risk area.
Not affected
No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the Planning Inspectorate and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Neath
Application type
Full Plans
Postcode
SA13 1HW
Received
23 Mar 2026
Validated
22 Apr 2026
Ward
Port Talbot
Parish
Port Talbot
Case officer
Show
Target decision
20 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Robert Bowen Planning & Development Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 170, past the statutory target. 90% of changes of use in Neath are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 170114 days past the 56-day target
60%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
42decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Neath in the last twelve months, from validation. Neath decision record →

Public comments

2comments received
2 objecting

24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
28 Apr 2026
Consultation
22 Sept 2026
Comments by
6 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
5 May 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No