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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Baglan Industrial Park, Unit 34 Aberavon Road Aberavon SA12 7DJ
Received 17 Oct 201924 Chestnut Road Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3PB
Received 17 Oct 20195 Ridgewood Gardens Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3QQ
Received 18 Oct 20194 Lister Avenue Aberavon SA12 6YB
Received 18 Oct 2019Alltwen Industrial Estate Lon Hir Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3DE
Received 21 Oct 201924 Wern Road Taibach SA13 2BD
Received 22 Oct 2019Former Imo Car Wash Opposite 126 Pantyrheol Neath SA11 2HD
Received 21 Oct 2019Nort-i Caribbean Food Shack Abernant Centre Abernant Colliery Rhydyfro SA8 4SX
Received 21 Oct 2019Skewen Service Station Layby Off A465 To Skewen Service Station Skewen SA10 7DR
Received 22 Oct 201964 The Greenway Llandarcy Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6JB
Received 21 Oct 201960 Graig Y Tewgoed Cwmavon SA12 9YE
Received 23 Oct 20199 Davies Road Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4PH
Received 22 Oct 201929 Shelone Terrace Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2UE
Received 23 Oct 201930 Commercial Street Ystalyfera Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2HR
Received 23 Oct 201915 Whittington Street Tonna SA11 3JG
Received 23 Oct 201945 Waun Daniel Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3HR
Received 22 Oct 2019Pentrehaearn Farm Ty'n Y Cwm Lane Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EY
Received 22 Oct 201929 Railway Terrace Cwmllynfell Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2GP
Received 23 Oct 2019Alltwen Industrial Estate Lon Hir Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3DE
Received 24 Oct 201928 Prettyman Drive Llandarcy Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6HZ
Received 24 Oct 201914 Fforest Hill Aberdulais Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8HD
Received 24 Oct 2019Land At Waun Sterw Rhyd Y Fro Pontardawe
Received 25 Oct 20195 Commercial Street Seven Sisters SA10 9DW
Received 27 Oct 2019Plots 1 & 2 Bethania Terrace Land Salem Road Cwmavon SA12 9EX
Received 25 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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