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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
5 Waungron Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5AS
Received 9 Dec 2019Aberavon Seafront Between RNLI Slipway & Scarlett Avenue Car Park Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 7PB
Received 9 Dec 201934 Hunters Ridge Tonna Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3FE
Received 10 Dec 2019Land Adjacent To The Avenue Eaglesbush Neath
Received 10 Dec 2019Former Dwr Y Felin Lower Comprehensive School Heol Penlan Neath SA10 7LB
Received 10 Dec 201970 Herbert Street Pontardawe SA8 4ED
Received 12 Dec 2019Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Margam SA13 2NG
Received 12 Dec 2019Yard Commercial Road Rhydyfro Pontardawe SA8 4SL
Received 12 Dec 2019McDonalds Restaurant Old Road Baglan Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2YW
Received 12 Dec 2019Margam Castle Margam Country Park Water Street Margam Neath Port Talbot
Received 12 Dec 2019Land To The West Of Llys Wern Caewern Neath SA10 7PR
Received 13 Dec 20192B Brynhyfryd Road Briton Ferry SA11 2HT
Received 13 Dec 201931 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1NB
Received 16 Dec 201954 Swansea Road Pontardawe SA8 4AL
Received 16 Dec 2019113 New Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe SA8 4PP
Received 16 Dec 2019McDonald's Restaurant Layby Off A465 To Skewen Service Station Skewen SA10 7DR
Received 16 Dec 201957 Glan Yr Afon Ystalyfera Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2HA
Received 16 Dec 2019Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Margam SA13 2NG
Received 18 Dec 2019Heritage Gate Coed Darcy Llandarcy
Received 17 Dec 201966 Neath Road Tonna Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3DJ
Received 16 Dec 2019MRM Automotive Ltd Lane Rear Of Cwrt Uchaf Terrace Port Talbot SA13 1LD
Received 18 Dec 2019YGG Cwmllynfell Primary School Bryn Road Cwmllynfell SA9 2FJ
Received 18 Dec 2019Land At Former Site Of Abergarwed Service Station Off B4242 Abergarwed Neath
Received 18 Dec 2019Plot At Rear Of 18 Leyshon Road Gwaun Cae Gurwen SA18 1EL
Received 18 Dec 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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