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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Aug 2014 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
12 Rugby Avenue Neath SA11 1YT
Received 29 Aug 2019115 Delffordd Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EN
Received 29 Aug 2019Church Of St Mary The Virgin Church Street Briton Ferry Neath Port Talbot
Received 29 Aug 2019Bwthyn Felgaws Ty Llwyd Bryncoch Neath Port Talbot SA10 7DX
Received 29 Aug 2019St Johns Church Church Road Cilybebyll Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot
Received 29 Aug 2019113 Delffordd Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EN
Received 29 Aug 201975 Waun Daniel Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3HS
Received 29 Aug 201976 Waun Daniel Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3HS
Received 30 Aug 201956 Old Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8TT
Received 30 Aug 201947 Wind Street Neath SA11 3EN
Received 31 Aug 20197 Stanley Place Cadoxton SA10 8BE
Received 2 Sept 201936 Cymmer Road Glyncorrwg SA13 3AB
Received 2 Sept 2019Land Off Crown Way Llandarcy Neath SA10 6FE
Received 15 Aug 2019Ysgol Carreg Hir Old Road Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2ET
Received 2 Sept 2019Aberavon Seafront
Received 2 Sept 2019Neath Town Hall New Street Neath Neath Port Talbot
Received 30 Aug 2019Aberavon Seafront
Received 2 Sept 2019Aberavon Seafront
Received 3 Sept 2019Aberavon Seafront
Received 2 Sept 201911 Park Field Tonna Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3JN
Received 3 Sept 2019The Carmel Chapel Heol Cae Gurwen Gwaun Cae Gurwen SA18 1HG
Received 3 Sept 201923 Cwmclais Road Cwmavon SA12 9LU
Received 4 Sept 201957 Graig Newydd Godre'r Graig Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2DG
Received 4 Sept 2019Tesco Supermarket Prior Street Port Talbot SA13 1YA
Received 5 Sept 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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