Salem Calvinistic Methodist Chapel Brynawel Crynant Neath Port Talbot Data via plota.co.uk

P2026/0371 - Full Plans Approved

Proposal

Change of use of existing Chapel to Residential Care Home (Use Class C2) AMENDED PLANS RECEIVED ON 3/7/26 and 7/7/26 IN RESPONSE TO HIGHWAY AND LLFA COMMENTS Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
5 Jun 2026
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Validated
11 Jun 2026
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Consultation
1 Sept 2026
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Approved
20 Oct 2026

Approved on 20 Oct 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Neath Planning Committee on 20 Oct 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the proposal would retain the historic building and have no unacceptable highway, heritage, amenity or biodiversity impacts.
  • Residents raised concerns about highway safety, parking, traffic, noise, privacy, bats, trees and the care home’s operation.
  • The committee approved the application subject to the report’s conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officer assessment, consultation responses, highway concerns and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Neath's committee minutes of 20 Oct 2026.

Site constraints 2

Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment. Nearest recorded adit: about 43 m from the postcode pin (reference 279205-012). 2 recorded mine entries within 50 m.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
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 ↗
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Received
5 Jun 2026
Validated
11 Jun 2026
Ward
Crynant, Onllwyn & Seven Sisters
Parish
Crynant Community Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
30 Sept 2026
Decision
Approved
Decision date
20 Oct 2026
Decision level
Committee Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Atrium Planning Consultants

How this decision compares

Decided in 131 days from validation, 77 days slower than Neath's median of 54 for changes of use. Approved, as 93% of changes of use here are.

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

15comments received
15 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14979976
Planning Portal ref
PP-14979976
Neighbours
11 Jun 2026
Consultation
1 Sept 2026
Comments by
22 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
15 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
5 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No