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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Tourist Information Centre Pontneathvaughan Road Glynneath SA11 5NR
Received 5 Sept 2019Y Gegin Fach 11 Wern Road Ystalyfera Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2LX
Received 5 Sept 2019Field To The Rear Of Rock Chapel Pwll Y Glaw Cwmafan Port Talbot
Received 5 Sept 201920 Lletty Dafydd Clyne SA11 4BG
Received 5 Sept 2019Plot Adjacent To 2 Clos Afallon Gwaun Cae Gurwen Ammanford SA18 1HH
Received 5 Sept 20196 Alderwood Close Crynant Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8PY
Received 5 Sept 201920 Alderwood Close Crynant Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8PY
Received 5 Sept 2019Alltwen Industrial Estate Lon Hir Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3DE
Received 5 Sept 2019G6 Sportsbar 60 Station Road Port Talbot SA13 1LZ
Received 6 Sept 2019Phase 2 Coed Darcy Llandarcy Neath Port Talbot
Received 6 Sept 2019Land Adjacent To 103 Brecon Road Pontardawe Swansea
Received 6 Sept 2019The Queens Queen Street Glyncorrwg Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3BL
Received 6 Sept 2019Land Adjacent To 4 Martyn's Avenue Seven Sisters Neath SA10 9DP
Received 9 Sept 2019Plot 29 Owen Jones Way Bryn Port Talbot SA13 2RF
Received 9 Sept 201989-91 Margam Road Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2AA
Received 9 Sept 20193 Plas Road Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3HD
Received 9 Sept 2019Three Oak's 47 The Paddocks Tonna Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3FD
Received 9 Sept 2019Garden City Garage Dulais Road Seven Sisters SA10 9ES
Received 9 Sept 20196 Stanley Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6LW
Received 10 Sept 20195 Llys Y Ddraenog Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2TQ
Received 11 Sept 20199 Cae Morfa Skewen SA10 6EE
Received 11 Sept 201930 Ropewalk Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1ES
Received 11 Sept 2019Neath Welsh Primary School Woodland Road Neath SA11 3AL
Received 12 Sept 201914 Elba Crescent Crymlyn Burrows SA1 8QQ
Received 12 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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