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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
11 Victoria Road Port Talbot SA12 6AD
Received 27 Feb 2020233 Western Avenue Sandfields SA12 7NE
Received 27 Feb 2020Ty'n Y Cwm Lane Pontardawe SA8 3EY
Received 27 Feb 2020Plot 1 Pen Y Graig Road Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3BS
Received 27 Feb 2020Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School Afan Valley Road Cimla SA11 3TA
Received 27 Feb 2020Port Talbot And Aberavon Constitutional Club 62 Station Road Port Talbot SA13 1LZ
Received 27 Feb 202010 Elias Road Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7TN
Received 27 Feb 2020Land South Of Heol Y Glyn Glynneath Neath
Received 28 Feb 2020Land Part Of Penywaun Farm Llanguicke Pontardawe
Received 29 Feb 20208 Geoffrey Street Neath SA11 1HU
Received 2 Mar 202015 Waun Penlan Rhydyfro Pontardawe SA8 3BB
Received 2 Mar 202010 Brynhyfryd Terrace Seven Sisters Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9BA
Received 2 Mar 202087 Neath Road Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EH
Received 28 Feb 202079 Neath Road Resolven Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 4AN
Received 2 Mar 202040 Chestnut Road Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3PB
Received 2 Mar 2020110 Lewis Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1DQ
Received 2 Mar 202028 Western Avenue Sandfields SA12 7LS
Received 4 Mar 202025 Cae Canol Baglan SA12 8LX
Received 2 Mar 202023 Ynys Y Gored Velindre SA13 2EB
Received 3 Mar 2020Aberavon Fire Station Water Street Aberavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6LL
Received 2 Mar 2020LAND WITHIN THE PEN-Y-CYMOEDD FOREST. GLYNCORRWG PORT TALBOT SA13 3AY
Received 3 Mar 2020Gwauniarll Farm Seven Sisters Neath SA10 9EW
Received 3 Mar 2020Land Adjacent To Bryncoed Farm Starvin Hill Crynant SA10 8PP
Received 4 Mar 202040 Heol Camlas Cwmavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9PT
Received 3 Mar 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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