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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Alltwen Industrial Estate Lon Hir Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3DE
Received 25 Jul 20194 Cherry Grove Pontardawe SA8 4PX
Received 26 Jul 2019Ysgol Carreg Hir Old Road Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2ET
Received 26 Jul 2019Unit 3 (Zone 3) Kenfig Industrial Estate Margam SA13 2PE
Received 26 Jul 201971 Old Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8TU
Received 25 Jul 2019Parc Newydd Briton Ferry
Received 29 Jul 201914 Ffordd Afan Cwmavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9BR
Received 26 Jul 20194 Broomhill Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2US
Received 29 Jul 20192 Llys Castell Coed Hirwaun Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2UX
Received 29 Jul 201926 Stratton Way Court Herbert SA10 7BU
Received 29 Jul 2019Land At Cwm Hwnt Off Mount Road/Parish Road Rhigos Hirwaun CF44 9UR
Received 29 Jul 20191 Wern Olau Cilfrew SA10 8LX
Received 29 Jul 2019Pentwyn Pentwyn Access Road Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3JT
Received 29 Jul 201915 Pontneathvaughan Road Glynneath SA11 5AR
Received 29 Jul 2019Station House Station Road Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2SU
Received 29 Jul 201937 Golwg Y Bryn Seven Sisters Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9BY
Received 30 Jul 201919 Brynbryddan Cwmavon SA12 9LD
Received 30 Jul 2019265 Swansea Road Trebanos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4BY
Received 30 Jul 201974A Herbert Street Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4ED
Received 31 Jul 2019Multiple Payphone Locations Neath Port Talbot
Received 31 Jul 2019Water Street Neath SA11 3EP
Received 1 Aug 2019Water Street Neath SA11 3EP
Received 1 Aug 20191 Derwen Deg Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7FP
Received 1 Aug 2019The Old Vicarage Glebeland Street Cadoxton Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8AY
Received 1 Aug 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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