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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
133 Western Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7ND
Received 1 Aug 2019Evelyn Terrace Port Talbot SA13 1BW
Received 1 Aug 201945 Waun Daniel Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3HR
Received 1 Aug 2019Parc Newydd Llansawel Briton Ferry
Received 1 Aug 201971 Albion Road Baglan SA12 8DD
Received 2 Aug 20197 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1LS
Received 2 Aug 201935 Glannant Way Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3YA
Received 3 Aug 20199 Samuels Road Cwmllynfell SA9 2GT
Received 5 Aug 20196 Oakwood Avenue Pontrhydyfen Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9SD
Received 5 Aug 20197 Heol Llwyn Celyn Caewern Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7PT
Received 5 Aug 201954 Park Avenue Lonlas Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6SA
Received 5 Aug 2019Cymer Afan Comprehensive School School Road Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3EL
Received 6 Aug 20199 Jubilee Crescent Skewen SA10 6TP
Received 7 Aug 2019Tyle'r Fedwen Farm Tyle'r Fedwen Farm Access Road Cwmavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9YA
Received 7 Aug 2019Land Adjacent To 2 Garbett Place Crynant SA10 8PQ
Received 7 Aug 2019Land At Cramic Way Port Talbot SA13 1RU
Received 7 Aug 2019Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School Afan Valley Road Cimla SA11 3TA
Received 7 Aug 2019Water Street Neath SA11 3EP
Received 8 Aug 201936 St Catherines Road Baglan SA12 8AS
Received 9 Aug 20195 Queen Street Glyncorrwg SA13 3BL
Received 9 Aug 2019Coed Darcy Former Llandarcy Oil Refinery Llandarcy Neath SA10 6FR
Received 9 Aug 201911 Derwen Deg Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7FP
Received 9 Aug 201922 Gnoll Crescent Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3TF
Received 12 Aug 2019Gilfach Quarry Gilfach Road Bryncoch SA10 8AD
Received 12 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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