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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Furzeland Drive Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7UF
Received 26 Nov 202016 Sunnycroft Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8TB
Received 30 Nov 2020265 Swansea Road Trebanos Pontardawe SA8 4BY
Received 2 Dec 202010 Fairfield Aberavon Port Talbot SA12 6YD
Received 2 Dec 202026 Dinas Baglan Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8AE
Received 2 Dec 202085 Alltwen Hill Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3BP
Received 3 Dec 202028 Wern Road Ystalyfera SA9 2LY
Received 3 Dec 202016 Niven Drive Tonna SA11 3FA
Received 4 Dec 2020Ex Gas Works Land To The West Of Afan Way Port Talbot SA12 6HQ
Received 7 Dec 2020Land Off March Hywel Cilfrew Neath SA10 8ND
Received 8 Dec 202052 Lon Y Grug Llandarcy SA10 6FW
Received 8 Dec 2020Ynys Park Pavilion Cwmavon Road Cwmavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9DQ
Received 9 Dec 202070 Wern Road Taibach SA13 2BA
Received 9 Dec 20206 Baglan Heights Baglan SA12 8UF
Received 9 Dec 20209 Vernon Street Briton Ferry SA11 2PE
Received 9 Dec 2020Amana Crynallt Farm Road Cimla SA11 3RL
Received 10 Dec 2020The Old Swan 54-58 Gurnos Road Ystalyfera Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2HY
Received 11 Dec 2020Port Talbot Service Station The Princess Margaret Way Port Talbot SA12 7PE
Received 11 Dec 202026 Corner Meadow Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3DR
Received 9 Dec 20204 Penyralltwen Park Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EZ
Received 9 Dec 2020Pontardawe Primary Care Centre Alloy Industrial Estate Pontardawe SA8 4JU
Received 11 Dec 2020Llysycoed 4 Commercial Road Rhydyfro Pontardawe SA8 4SL
Received 11 Dec 202016 Wellfield Road Baglan SA12 8AB
Received 14 Dec 2020Former Bus Depot Tawe Terrace Pontardawe SA8 4HA
Received 14 Dec 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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