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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Neath Rugby Club Gnoll Park Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3BU
Received 18 Nov 20193 Plas Road Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3HD
Received 18 Nov 2019Melyn Close Neath SA11 2DH
Received 19 Nov 201933 Llewellyn Street Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5AF
Received 19 Nov 2019Land Adj To 1 Lansbury Avenue Margam SA13 2LE
Received 20 Nov 201962 Main Road Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7TL
Received 20 Nov 2019Margam Surface Mine Law Street Fford Y Gyfraith Cefn Cribwr CF32 0BS
Received 20 Nov 20191 Clees Lane Ystalyfera SA9 2BX
Received 21 Nov 20191 Clees Lane Ystalyfera SA9 2BX
Received 21 Nov 201910 Citrine Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7SE
Received 20 Nov 2019The Site Of The Former Cilfrew Hotel Main Road Cilfrew Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8LR
Received 21 Nov 20193 Alfred Street Neath SA11 1EF
Received 21 Nov 201966 Victoria Road Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6AD
Received 21 Nov 20191 The Avenue Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2FD
Received 22 Nov 2019Nant Helen Surface Mine Nr Onllwyn Neath
Received 22 Nov 2019Former Hafod Residential Home Wenham Place Neath
Received 22 Nov 20194 Brynhyfryd Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5BA
Received 22 Nov 201930 Cadoxton Terrace Main Road Cadoxton SA10 8BR
Received 24 Nov 2019Homestead 3 Pentwyn Bryncoch SA10 7AQ
Received 24 Nov 2019191 Bryn Morgrug Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3BE
Received 25 Nov 2019109 Stratton Way Court Herbert SA10 7AS
Received 26 Nov 2019Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School Afan Valley Road Cimla SA11 3TA
Received 26 Nov 2019Hendreforgan Farm Heol Y Goedlan Rhiwfawr Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2RJ
Received 27 Nov 20197 Heol Croeserw Croeserw Cymmer SA13 3NU
Received 27 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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