40 Pen Y Rhiw Rhiwfawr Neath Port Talbot SA9 2RN Data via plota.co.uk

P2026/0023 - Proposed Lawful Development Certificate Approved

Proposal

Proposed Lawful Development Certificate- single storey side extension Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:54

Application progress

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Received

16 Jan 2026

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Validated

19 Jan 2026

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Consultation

23 Jan 2026

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Approved

3 Feb 2026

Approved on 3 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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 British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

Sales history 2

Last sold for £355,250 in December 2020. Detached house, freehold.

14 December 2020£355,250

2 September 2005£270,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area139 m² (1,496 sq ft)

Energy ratingF (26 out of 100), could reach E

PropertyDetached house, 7 habitable rooms

BuiltBefore 1900

HeatingBoiler and radiators, LPG

WallsGranite or whinstone, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2020, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Neath
Application type: Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Postcode: SA9 2RN
Received: 16 Jan 2026
Validated: 19 Jan 2026
Ward: Cwmllynfell & Ystalyfera
Parish: Cwmllynfell Community Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Mar 2026
Decision: Issue Certificate
Decision date: 3 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Sauro Architectural Design Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 15 days from validation, 31 days faster than Neath's median of 46 for extensions. Approved, as 98% of extensions here are.

This one15d

Council46d

UK55d

77%decided within 8 weeks

98%approved

156decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14533924
Planning Portal ref: PP-14533924
Consultation: 23 Jan 2026
Comments by: 23 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry: 15 Mar 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

1 nearby application on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

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Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.