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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brynsiriol Senior Citizens Centre Margam Street Cymmer SA13 3ED
Received 23 Sept 2020Plot 8 Forest Lodge Lane Cwmavon Port Talbot SA13 2RX
Received 23 Sept 202014 New Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe SA8 4PJ
Received 23 Sept 2020Land Adjacent To Technium Centre Baglan Bay Energy Park Central Ave Baglan SA12 7AX
Received 23 Sept 202015 Evelyn Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6LH
Received 23 Sept 2020Baglan Car Centre 38-40 Swan Road Baglan Port Talbot SA12 8LA
Received 22 Sept 2020139 Pantyrheol Neath SA11 2HB
Received 24 Sept 2020Land Off Church Street Briton Ferry Neath SA11 2HZ
Received 24 Sept 2020Cilpentan Farm Llwyncelyn Road Tairgwaith SA18 1UU
Received 25 Sept 2020Woodlands 6 St Illtyds Drive Baglan SA12 8AU
Received 25 Sept 2020Tesco Supermarket Prior Street Port Talbot SA13 1YA
Received 25 Sept 2020Land South Of Heol Y Glyn Glynneath Neath
Received 25 Sept 2020Free Standing Advertisement Board Neath Abbey Road (A4230)
Received 25 Sept 2020Land South Of Heol Y Glyn Glynneath Neath
Received 25 Sept 20205 The Meadows Skewen Neath SA10 6SJ
Received 24 Sept 2020Land Adjacent To Technium Centre, Central Avenue Baglan Bay Energy Park SA12 7AX
Received 25 Sept 2020Land Adjacent To 22 Gnoll Road Godre'r Graig SA9 2PA
Received 28 Sept 2020Tyn Llechau March Hywell Cilfrew SA10 8LW
Received 28 Sept 2020Land At Cramic Way Port Talbot
Received 28 Sept 202061 Delffordd Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EJ
Received 29 Sept 202067 Ascot Drive Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8YL
Received 25 Sept 2020CK's Supermarket 2-6 Heol Cae Gurwen Gwaun Cae Gurwen Ammanford Neath Port Talbot SA18 1HB
Received 29 Sept 202044 Ffordd Derwen Coed Hirwaun Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2TX
Received 29 Sept 2020Plaza Cinema Talbot Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1DH
Received 29 Sept 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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