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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
8 New Road Jersey Marine SA10 6JR
Received 7 Apr 202029 Llewellyn Avenue Neath SA10 7AL
Received 7 Apr 202045 Windsor Village Aberavon SA12 7EY
Received 7 Apr 2020Welsh Government Woodland Estate
Received 7 Apr 2020The Patches Land To The South Of Rhiwfawr Road Cwmtwrch SA9 2QT
Received 7 Apr 2020Pentyla Farm Heol Y Glo To County Boundary Lane Kenfig Hill Bridgend Neath Port Talbot CF33 6RD
Received 8 Apr 2020Plot 22 Forest Lodge Lane Cwmavon Port Talbot SA13 2RX
Received 8 Apr 202073 Pine Grove Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3RH
Received 15 Apr 2020Sunnybank Main Road Aberdulais Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8LE
Received 14 Apr 202058 Heol Y Llwynau Trebanos Pontardawe SA8 4DD
Received 14 Apr 2020Croeserw Social Club Brynheulog Road Croeserw Cymmer SA13 3RS
Received 14 Apr 202067 Ascot Drive Baglan SA12 8YL
Received 14 Apr 2020Llwyncelyn Farm Lane From Rhiw Road To Llwyncelyn Farm Rhiwfawr SA9 2RB
Received 15 Apr 2020Gower Yard Lane Rear Of 59 To 97 Hunter Street Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2RT
Received 14 Apr 202019 Dan Y Ffynnon Port Talbot SA13 2EY
Received 15 Apr 202019 Dan Y Ffynnon Port Talbot SA13 2EY
Received 15 Apr 2020Movern Business Centre Church Street Briton Ferry Neath SA11 2JP
Received 15 Apr 2020223 Western Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7NE
Received 15 Apr 20204 Tudor Grove Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2ST
Received 16 Apr 2020Maesneuadd Neuadd Road Gwaun Cae Gurwen Ammanford Neath Port Talbot SA18 1UF
Received 16 Apr 2020Margam Green Energy Plant Harbour Way Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NW
Received 16 Apr 2020Plot 2 Wern Ddu Ty Llwyd Road Dyffryn Bryncoch SA10 7DX
Received 8 Apr 202018 Sycamore Lane Pontardawe SA8 4LL
Received 17 Apr 2020Baglan Bay Energy Park Central Avenue Baglan SA12 7AX
Received 20 Apr 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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