St Peters Schoolroom High Street Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 4JN Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Change of use of the rear section of the former St Peters School Rooms into a community enterprise hub comprising exhibition space for local artwork, workshop/classroom space together with an ancillary café, demolition of shed and assocaited works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Aug 2026
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Validated
1 Sept 2026
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Consultation
17 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 26 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 23 Oct 2026 and 31 Oct 2026, from Neath's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 8 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

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
2 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Local nature reserve about 422 m away: Cwm Du Glen & Glanrhyd Plantation; 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.

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Important details

Council
Neath
Application type
Full Plans
Postcode
SA8 4JN
Received
10 Aug 2026
Validated
1 Sept 2026
Ward
Pontardawe
Parish
Pontardawe Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Oct 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Evans Banks Planning Limited

Decision outlook

Day 38 of the 56-day target. Neath usually decides changes of use by day 54.

Day 3818 days to 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

3comments received
2 objecting1 neutral

67% object · below the UK average of 74%

14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15108935
Planning Portal ref
PP-15108935
Neighbours
17 Sept 2026
Consultation
17 Sept 2026
Comments by
8 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
17 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
26 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No