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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Seaway Parade Baglan Port Talbot SA12 7BR
Received 2 Jul 20209 Hawthorn Avenue Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3NW
Received 3 Jul 2020Land At Heritage Gate Llandarcy Neath
Received 3 Jul 20209 Bethesda Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe SA8 4QQ
Received 3 Jul 202039 Cae Canol Baglan SA12 8LX
Received 3 Jul 202092 Wern Road Skewen SA10 6DP
Received 4 Jul 202027 Underwood Road Cadoxton SA10 8BU
Received 5 Jul 2020Woodlands 6 St Illtyds Drive Baglan SA12 8AU
Received 6 Jul 2020130 New Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6HL
Received 3 Jul 2020The Welfare Hall Maes Y Parc Glynneath Neath SA11 5EE
Received 6 Jul 2020Land Adjacent To 17 Gardners Lane Neath SA11 2AH
Received 17 Aug 2020Vaughan Arms Commercial Road Resolven SA11 4NA
Received 7 Jul 202093 Main Road Crynant Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8PF
Received 7 Jul 2020Land Off Commercial Road B4434 At Resolven Canal Car Park Neath SA11 4BT
Received 7 Jul 2020Port Talbot Cricket Ground Fenbrook Close Aberavon SA12 7PA
Received 7 Jul 20202 Swansea Road Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4AB
Received 7 Jul 2020Bluebell Wood 24 Mount Pleasant Tonna Neath SA11 3HX
Received 7 Jul 20202 Swansea Road Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4AB
Received 7 Jul 2020Land At Tyn-Y-Caeau Margam Road Margam Port Talbot SA13 2NW
Received 7 Jul 2020Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School Afan Valley Road Cimla SA11 3TA
Received 7 Jul 20207 Bittern Court Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7EX
Received 7 Jul 2020159 Swansea Road Trebanos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4BS
Received 8 Jul 202030 St Marys Close Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2JU
Received 8 Jul 202042 Sitwell Way Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6BL
Received 8 Jul 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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