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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Dan Y Ffynnon Port Talbot SA13 2EY
Received 24 Feb 2020Land At Heol Llwyn Celyn Caewern Neath
Received 14 Feb 202028 Gilfach Road Bryncoch SA10 8EH
Received 14 Feb 202019 Wenallt Road Tonna Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3HZ
Received 14 Feb 2020Trees On Land Outside And Within The Curtilage Of 20 Woodview Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3BJ
Received 14 Feb 202018 Village Close Bryncoch SA10 7TE
Received 15 Feb 2020Chapel House Efail Fach Pontrhydyfen SA12 9SN
Received 24 Feb 2020Gellinudd Hospital Lon Catwg Gellinudd Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3DX
Received 12 Feb 202013 George Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1TT
Received 17 Feb 2020CK Supermarket Cimla Road Cimla Neath SA11 3UG
Received 17 Feb 2020CK Supermarket Cimla Road Cimla Neath SA11 3UG
Received 17 Feb 20203 Nant Y Boda Bryn Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2SG
Received 17 Feb 20204 Ardwyn Terrace Tan Y Rhiw Road Resolven Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 4LY
Received 17 Feb 2020Lettie Hayward Euro Garages Blaengwrach Neath SA11 5NZ
Received 18 Feb 202032 Heol Crwys Cwmavon SA12 9NT
Received 18 Feb 2020Land At Junction Of B4290 & Prettyman Drive Access Road To Llandarcy Village Llandarcy Neath SA10 6JD
Received 18 Feb 2020Land Accessed Off Lingfield Avenue Sandfields
Received 18 Feb 202070 Rhyd Hir Longford Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7HR
Received 18 Feb 2020Unit 1 & 2 Waunceirch Retail Development Dwr Y Felin Road Neath SA10 7RW
Received 18 Feb 2020116 Main Road Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7TW
Received 18 Feb 2020Plot 28 Owen Jones Way Bryn
Received 18 Feb 2020110 Fairway Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 7HR
Received 18 Feb 2020Unit 2 Ynysygerwn Avenue Aberdulais SA10 8HH
Received 19 Feb 20208 Cadoxton Terrace Main Road Cadoxton Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8BR
Received 18 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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