PlotbeaconNeath & Port Talbot County Borough Council • P2026/0118
Certificate sought to confirm three existing flats are lawful
2A-2C New Street Aberavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 6HG
The owner of 2A-2C New Street is applying to have the council formally confirm that the property has already been used as three self-contained flats for long enough to be considered lawful.
- Status
- Consultation closed · awaiting decision
- Type
- other
- Received
- 27 Feb 2026
- Consultation closed
- 30 Mar 2026
Summary
The applicant is not proposing any new building work. Instead, they are asking the council to issue a legal certificate confirming that three self-contained flats at this address are already established lawfully — because the use has existed long enough that planning permission is no longer required. The property sits in a busy urban part of Aberavon, surrounded by around 75 other buildings. St Joseph's Roman Catholic Infants School is a few minutes' walk away, as is Port Talbot Bus Station. If the certificate is granted, nothing about the building changes — the flats are already there. It simply gives the owner and any residents legal certainty about the property's status.