Planning application
Plas Farm Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3JQ
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Extension to agricultural building for storage of agricultural machinery, implements, and materials (prior notification of agricultural development)
As published by the council, reference P2025/0585
Application record
- Reference
- P2025/0585
- Type
- Prior Notification Agricultural
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Prior Notification Approval Not Required
- Received
- 11 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 12 Aug 2025
- Decided
- 8 Sep 2025
- Ward
- Rhos
- Parish
- Cilybebyll Community Council
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SA8 3JQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Neath Port Talbot register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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P2025/0826 Granted
Plas Farm Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3JQ
1 x Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) to be felled.
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P2024/0783 Granted
Plas Farm Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3JQ
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission P2024/0496 condition 2 (list of approved plans) granted consent on 26.9.24 - amendment to intake position within the watercourse.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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11 Aug 2025
Received by Neath Port Talbot
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12 Aug 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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8 Sep 2025
Decision issued: Prior Notification Approval Not Required
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Celtic Geophysics Limited Agent, registered in Swansea
Active · incorporated 2004 · Swansea
1 application on PlanIndex
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Neath Port Talbot granted permission on 8 September 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About prior approval applications
Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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Plas Farm Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3JQ
1 x Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) to be felled.
Granted Trees -
Plas Farm Bwthyn Y Saer Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3JQ
Installation of a containerised biomass system consisting of a timber clad container cabin housing a biomass boiler, associated water tank and wood chip store.
Granted Full applications -
Plas Farm Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3JQ
Works to 1x Horse Chestnut (identified as T1) covered by Tree Preservation Order T019/A9: - Reduce crown by 2m in height. - Reduce crown spread by 2m. - Lift canopy to give clearance from the ground of 4m.
Granted Trees -
Concrete Farm Building Plas Farm Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3JQ
Listed building consent for a new single storey side extension, replacement of existing roof, rainwater goods, windows, doors, handrail to external stair (and new tread grates) together with replacement of existing ground and first floor structures (including all necessary waterproofing and insulation), repair and recoating of the external wall finishes, internal lining of the external walls to include insulation, in addition to placement of new windows and doors within existing unframed openings together with works to accommodate bat roosting within the new roof design (works proposed to accommodate a change of use of existing building to a 1 bed holiday flat at first floor and communal facilities at ground floor for use by occupiers of holiday residences at Swansea Valley Holiday Cottages)
Granted Heritage and listed buildings Extension Roofing +1 30 docsSmall domestic -
Cottages Plas Farm Cilybebyll Rhos Swansea SA8 3JQ
Details to be agreed in association with condition 6 (foul water drainage scheme) of planning application P2022/0365 approved on 30/6/23
Granted Full applications -
Plas Farm Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3JQ
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission P2024/0496 condition 2 (list of approved plans) granted consent on 26.9.24 - amendment to intake position within the watercourse.
Granted Amendments
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