The Presbytery St Josephs Roman Catholic Church Church Street Aberavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 6LE Data via plota.co.uk

P2026/0602 - Ecclesiastical Exemption Decided

Proposal

Ecclesiastical Exemption Consultation for the installation of handrails to steps at front entrance to church Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 8 Oct 2026, 06:51

Application progress

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Received

17 Sept 2026

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Consultation

23 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 14 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 14 Oct 2026.

The consultation period closed on 23 Sept 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 4

1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Catholic Church of St Joseph, Grade II, about 18 m from the postcode pin

The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.

Historic England ↗

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 ↗

Also on the record

National infrastructure project about 1588 m away: Internal Power Generation Enhancement for Port Talbot Steelworks; 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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