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Press Releases

  • Council seeks views on proposed Neath Active Travel Masterplan
    28 March 2025

    Neath Port Talbot Council is looking for feedback from residents, businesses and visitors on proposed walking, wheeling, and cycling improvements to enhance active travel options in and around Neath Town Centre.

  • Call to celebrate our notable people, places and events as Blue Plaque scheme opens
    28 March 2025

    A COMMEMORATIVE Blue Plaque Scheme approved by members of Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet to celebrate notable people, places and events across the county borough opens for submissions from April 1st, 2025.

  • Hwb-Y-Gors: A Beacon of Creativity, Education, Business, and Sustainability
    26 March 2025

    Hwb y Gors (HyG), formerly Ysgol Cwmgors, a cherished building in the heart of the Amman Valley dating back to 1912, has undergone an incredible transformation into a vibrant, zero-carbon community hub.

  • New service on way to deal with derelict and unsightly properties in Neath Port Talbot
    26 March 2025

    A new service is to be established to tackle problems across Neath Port Talbot caused by non-residential or commercial properties which are either empty or derelict.

  • Port Talbot's Latest Nature Project Under the M4
    25 March 2025

    A nature-themed project has enhanced an underpass in Port Talbot through a series of murals, a ‘green screen’ and introducing a variety of new trees and plants.

  • More than £230,000 on way to Neath Port Talbot Third Sector Organisations
    20 March 2025

    Members of Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet have approved grants totalling £234,914 to 12 successful applicants as part of its Third Sector Grant funding scheme for 2025/26.

  • Multi-million pound safety works at Welsh coal tips announced at Afan Valley visit
    20 March 2025

    Close to £34m of investment to deliver safety works at more than 130 coal tip sites throughout Wales represents the largest safety programme to date.

  • NPT Council Joins Welsh Public Organisations in Pledging New Approach
    19 March 2025

    Organisations across Wales have signed a charter which commits them to responding to public tragedies with openness, transparency and accountability.

  • Young care experienced people in NPT welcome plan to phase profit out of children’s care
    19 March 2025

    Foster Wales Neath Port Talbot is joining Wales’ fostering community in highlighting the benefits of local authority care as the Welsh Government’s landmark Health and Social Care Bill begins the process of removing profit from the children’s care system.

  • Lower income families offered free entry to Eisteddfod yr Urdd 2025
    13 March 2025

    Thanks to £200,000 financial support by the Welsh Government, Urdd Gobaith Cymru is pleased to confirm that free entry will be offered to lower income families to Eisteddfod yr Urdd 2025, which will be held in Margam Park, Neath Port Talbot.