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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
36 Rockingham Terrace Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2PF
Received 20 Jan 2020Land At Pine Valley Cwmavon Port Talbot SA12 9NF
Received 20 Jan 202030 Johns Terrace Tonmawr SA12 9UR
Received 20 Jan 2020Plot 17 Heritage Gate Coed Darcy Neath
Received 20 Jan 2020The Metal Box (Hale) 2 Milland Road Industrial Estate Milland Road Neath SA11 1NJ
Received 20 Jan 202028 Wern Road Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2BD
Received 21 Jan 2020Silwood Westernmoor Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1BZ
Received 20 Jan 202019 Brynhyfryd Road Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2DF
Received 16 Jan 202020 Lletty Dafydd Clyne SA11 4BG
Received 22 Jan 2020Swiss Cottage Longford Road Longford SA10 7AJ
Received 23 Jan 2020117A Pen Y Cae Road Port Talbot SA13 2EG
Received 23 Jan 2020Woodland To The Rear Of 26 Castle Drive Cimla Neath SA11 3UY
Received 24 Jan 2020Jubilee Club 98 Herbert Street Pontardawe SA8 4ED
Received 24 Jan 2020Ger Y Nant Barn Blaenant Farm Access Road Cilybebyll Pontardawe SA8 3JH
Received 24 Jan 2020Aberpergwm Colliery B4242 From Rheola To Glynneath Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5AJ
Received 27 Jan 2020The Brambles 8 Wern Olau Cilfrew SA10 8LX
Received 27 Jan 20201 Wern Olau Cilfrew Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8LX
Received 28 Jan 20201 Village Gardens Aberavon SA12 7LW
Received 3 Feb 2020Sandvik Osprey Limited Milland Road Neath SA11 1NJ
Received 29 Jan 20202-4 Station Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1JB
Received 29 Jan 2020Plot Between 16 & 18 Park Lane Lower Brynamman
Received 31 Jan 2020Plot 29 Owen Jones Way Bryn SA13 2RF
Received 3 Feb 2020Carn Nicholas Farm Track From Brokesby Road Bonymaen Swansea SA1 7BL
Received 3 Feb 202048 Parc Bryn Skewen SA10 6AQ
Received 3 Feb 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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