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P2026/0402 - Proposed Lawful Development Certificate Approved

Proposal

Proposed Lawful Development Certificate for the removal of existing perimeter iron fencing and installation of green mesh fencing Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Jun 2026
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Validated
22 Jul 2026
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Consultation
12 Aug 2026
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Approved
17 Sept 2026

Approved on 17 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Agricultural land, grade 5
Very poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Special area of conservation about 83 m away: Crymlyn Bog
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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 ↗
SSSI about 94 m away: Cors Crymlyn / Crymlyn Bog
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
National infrastructure project about 681 m away: Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay
The site is about 681 m from the project boundary. Generating station, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
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 Planning Inspectorate, 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
Proposed Lawful Development Certificate
Postcode
SA10 6JJ
Received
17 Jun 2026
Validated
22 Jul 2026
Ward
Coedffranc West
Parish
Coedffranc Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Issue Certificate
Decision date
17 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
NPTCBC

How this decision compares

Decided in 57 days from validation, 11 days slower than Neath's median of 46 for extensions. Approved, as 98% of extensions here are.

77%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
156decided in the last year

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Public comments

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Last counted 24 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14790475
Planning Portal ref
PP-14790475
Consultation
12 Aug 2026
Comments by
12 Aug 2026
Statutory expiry
15 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No