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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Crymlyn Primary School School Road Jersey Marine Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6JJ
Received 9 Jan 2020Rhosafan Welsh Primary School Marine Drive Sandfields SA12 7NN
Received 9 Jan 202010 Clydach Avenue Resolven Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 4LU
Received 10 Jan 2020Swansea University Bay Campus Fabian Way Crymlyn Burrows SA1 8EN
Received 10 Jan 2020Land At Prossers Terrace Cymmer SA13 3LD
Received 9 Jan 20203 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1LN
Received 10 Jan 2020Plots 1 & 2 Bethania Terrace Land Salem Road Cwmavon SA12 9EX
Received 13 Jan 2020159 Swansea Road Trebanos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4BS
Received 13 Jan 2020Old William Press Yard Abbey Auto Dismantlers Penrhyn Street Taibach SA13 1LU
Received 13 Jan 202026 Alfred Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1EH
Received 13 Jan 202068 Heol Cae Gurwen Gwaun Cae Gurwen SA18 1PB
Received 14 Jan 202012 Angel Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1RS
Received 13 Jan 2020The Bungalow New Road Clyne SA11 4ER
Received 14 Jan 2020Land between A465 and High Street
Received 14 Jan 2020Water Street Neath SA11 3EP
Received 14 Jan 2020Land Adjacent To 39 Glamorgan Green Llandarcy Neath
Received 15 Jan 20202 Allister Street Neath SA11 1EN
Received 16 Jan 202013 Pen Y Wern Croeserw Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3PP
Received 16 Jan 2020Tyle'r Ynn Welsh Primary School Llansawel Crescent Briton Ferry SA11 2UN
Received 17 Jan 2020Unit 5 Llewellyns Quay Llewellyns Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1RF
Received 17 Jan 2020Plot 3 Baglan Industrial Park Aberavon Road Aberavon Port Talbot SA12 7DJ
Received 17 Jan 202043 Delffordd Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3EJ
Received 19 Jan 2020Plaza Cinema Talbot Road Port Talbot SA13 1DH
Received 20 Jan 20205 Wind Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3EG
Received 20 Jan 2020Records 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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