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Lewis Smith

Planning application for land at former Port Talbot school approved by council

Neath Port Talbot Council's planning committee has approved plans for a controversial housing development at a former school near the town of Port Talbot this week, despite a number of concerns from local residents.

The plans for new homes at the former Dyffryn Lower Comprehensive School in Devonshire Place, Port Talbot, were agreed to at a special planning committee in April, after members decided to progress the proposals following a vote of ten councillors to one.

Read more: The ghost school and the crumbling swimming pool - the massive problems that now need solving in the Swansea Valley

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