188 Water Street Aberavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 6LL Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of ground floor unit from class A1 (shop) to class A3 (food and drink), alterations to shopfront and installation of extraction flue to rear Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Oct 2026 and 17 Oct 2026, from Neath's recent changes of use.
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 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.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £95,000 in August 2025. Terraced house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in January 2025, 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
Decision outlook
Day 52 of the 56-day target. Neath usually decides changes of use by day 54.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Neath in the last twelve months, from validation. Neath decision record →
Public comments
4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15150688
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15150688
- Neighbours
- 19 Aug 2026
- Consultation
- 19 Aug 2026
- Comments by
- 10 Sept 2026
- Site or press notice
- 20 Aug 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 12 Oct 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
13 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.
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