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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At And Surrounding The Nant Helen Open Cast Coal Site Powys And Onllwyn Distribution Centre Neath Port Talbot
Received 27 Sept 2019Water Street Neath SA11 3EP
Received 27 Sept 201938 Maes Yr Hafod Cadoxton SA10 8AZ
Received 28 Sept 201993 Dinas Baglan Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8DU
Received 27 Sept 2019Dan Y Coed Tirbach Road Ystalyfera SA9 2HX
Received 30 Sept 2019Roundabout 11 Neath Abbey SA10 7BS
Received 30 Sept 201975 Neath Road Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2DQ
Received 30 Sept 20191 Chestnut Road Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3PA
Received 30 Sept 201964 St Pauls Road Sandfields SA12 6PH
Received 1 Oct 2019LAND OFF CROWN WAY LLANDARCY NEATH SA10 6FE
Received 1 Oct 2019Water Street Neath SA11 3EP
Received 1 Oct 20192 The Nook Henfaes Road Tonna Neath Port Talbot SA11 3FH
Received 2 Oct 201911 St Davids Park Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2PA
Received 2 Oct 2019Greenacres 45 Primrose Road Neath SA11 2AR
Received 3 Oct 20199 Brynawel Close Crynant SA10 8TG
Received 3 Oct 2019147 Tyn Y Twr Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8YE
Received 3 Oct 201915 Pontneathvaughan Road Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5AR
Received 3 Oct 201941 School Road Dyffryn Cellwen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9LD
Received 4 Oct 2019Gilbertson Court Alloy Industrial Estate Pontardawe SA8 4EZ
Received 7 Oct 201913 Llys Y Ddraenog Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2TQ
Received 7 Oct 20196 Henfaes Road Tonna Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3DX
Received 7 Oct 2019Mcdonald's Restaurant Green Park Street Aberavon SA12 6LL
Received 7 Oct 201936 Windsor Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1LU
Received 8 Oct 20195 Tai Canol Cwmavon SA12 9PN
Received 8 Oct 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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