Understanding planning · 13 min read
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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
3 Pentwyn Road Cynonville SA13 3HH
Received 24 Nov 202023 Penrhiwtyn Drive Penrhiwtyn SA11 2JF
Received 24 Nov 202028 Commercial Road Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1LG
Received 18 Nov 20201 Woodland Road Glyncorrwg SA13 3BS
Received 25 Nov 202068 High Street Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5DA
Received 20 Nov 202095 Pen Y Cae Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2EG
Received 25 Nov 2020Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc Christchurch Road Baglan Industrial Park Port Talbot SA12 7DA
Received 26 Nov 2020Land To Rear Of 15 Siding Terrace Lonlas SA10 6RE
Received 26 Nov 20209 Larkspur Close Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7ER
Received 17 Nov 2020St Thomas Church Church Place Neath Neath Port Talbot
Received 23 Nov 202068 Dulais Road Seven Sisters Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9ER
Received 26 Nov 20203 Mariners Quay Aberavon SA12 6AN
Received 27 Nov 2020Masonic Lodge Forge Road Port Talbot SA13 1US
Received 27 Nov 2020Masonic Lodge Forge Road Port Talbot SA131US
Received 27 Nov 202070 Rhyd Hir Longford Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7HR
Received 23 Nov 20209 Cross Road Dyffryn Cellwen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9HS
Received 23 Nov 202020 Cimla Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3PP
Received 27 Nov 2020Land Near Puckey House Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1RB
Received 27 Nov 2020Land At Heol Tabor Cwmavon Port Talbot SA12 9PS
Received 27 Nov 202016 High Street Glynneath Neath SA11 5BU
Received 30 Nov 202034 Parc Gilbertson Rhydyfro Pontardawe Swansea SA8 4PU
Received 30 Nov 202061 Kingdon Owen Road Neath SA11 1JP
Received 30 Nov 202018 Heol Y Gors Cwmgors Ammanford SA18 1PE
Received 1 Dec 20203 Dol Werdd Waunceirch Neath SA10 7QX
Received 26 Nov 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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