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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
1 Dynevor Avenue Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7AG
Received 10 Nov 201945 New Road Gwaun Cae Gurwen Ammanford Neath Port Talbot SA18 1UN
Received 8 Nov 2019Aberpergwm Colliery Engine Cottage Site Glynneath Neath SA11 5AJ
Received 8 Nov 201911 Cloda Avenue Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7FH
Received 8 Nov 201947 Silver Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7RY
Received 11 Nov 201928 Wern Road Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2BD
Received 11 Nov 2019Yard Commercial Road Rhydyfro Pontardawe SA8 4SL
Received 12 Dec 201944 Delffordd Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3EL
Received 12 Nov 2019East Pit Revised Opencast Mine New Road Gwaun Cae Gurwen Ammanford Neath Port Talbot SA18 1UP
Received 11 Nov 2019Land At Rhigos Mountain And Former Tower Colliery Site Rhigos Road Hirwaun Aberdare CF44 9UD
Received 12 Nov 2019Tyn Y Cwm Farm Tyn Y Cwm Lane Pontardawe SA8 3EY
Received 12 Nov 2019The Metal Box Milland Road Industrial Estate Neath SA11 1NJ
Received 13 Nov 201934 Bryndulais Avenue Seven Sisters Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9EH
Received 13 Nov 20199 Samuels Road Cwmllynfell SA9 2GT
Received 14 Nov 201921 Rhiwlas Waunceirch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7RB
Received 14 Nov 201941 Llygad Yr Haul Caewern Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7SR
Received 14 Nov 2019South Eastern Boundary Adjacent To 1 Wern Olau Cilfrew Neath SA10 8LX
Received 15 Nov 2019Land Off Tabernacle Terrace Cwmavon Port Talbot SA12 9HS
Received 14 Nov 2019The Sidings Maesteg Road Bryn Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2RW
Received 15 Nov 2019Llandarcy Academy Of Sport Access Road To Llandarcy Village Llandarcy Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6JD
Received 15 Nov 2019Phase 6 Parc Y Dderwen Pontardawe
Received 3 Dec 20191A Bevan Street Aberavon SA12 6ND
Received 16 Nov 201930 Orchard Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1DU
Received 15 Nov 201999 Delffordd Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3EJ
Received 18 Nov 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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