41 New Road Skewen Neath Port Talbot SA10 6ER Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Three storey rear extension, external staircase and associated external alterations to fenestration to facilitate the retention of Ground Floor Offices and Conversion of Upper Floors to Emergency Refuge Accommodation (23.03.26 - amended supporting information and drawings received and description changed at request of agent including to remove reference to the word flats) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 18 Aug 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 19 Aug 2026
Planning committee
Decided by Neath Planning Committee on 18 Aug 2026.
Approved
As officers recommended.
- Officers advised approval because the scheme would reuse an existing building for supported accommodation without unacceptable impacts, subject to conditions.
- The committee approved the application subject to the listed conditions.
Source: Plota analysis of Neath's committee minutes of 18 Aug 2026.
Site constraints 3
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.
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Important details
- Council
- Neath
- Application type
- Full Plans
- Postcode
- SA10 6ER
- Received
- 23 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 16 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Coedffranc Central
- Parish
- Coedffranc Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Mar 2026
- Decision
- Approved
- Decision date
- 18 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Committee Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Evans Banks Planning Limited
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 214 days from validation, 160 days slower than Neath's median of 54 for changes of use. Approved, as 93% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Neath in the last twelve months, from validation. Neath decision record →
Public comments
100% object · above the UK average of 74%
7 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14508010
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14508010
- Neighbours
- 20 Apr 2026
- Consultation
- 17 Apr 2026
- Comments by
- 13 May 2026
- Site or press notice
- 22 Apr 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Mar 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
16 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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