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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
119 Delffordd Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EN
Received 6 Oct 202039 St Mary Street Aberavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6DU
Received 7 Oct 202010 Park Avenue Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5DW
Received 7 Oct 2020Swansea Valley Business Park Glan Yr Afon Ystalyfera Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2EB
Received 6 Oct 202055 Main Road Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7PE
Received 6 Oct 2020Ocean View Jersey Marine Neath Port Talbot
Received 8 Oct 2020Fifth Avenue Hirwaun Industrial Estate Hirwaun
Received 7 Oct 2020Flats 1-4 1 Waun Las Waunceirch Neath SA10 7RW
Received 9 Oct 2020Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam SA13 2NG
Received 9 Oct 202016 Cae Morfa Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6EH
Received 9 Oct 2020161 Main Road Bryncoch SA10 7TT
Received 12 Oct 202028 Darwin Road Sandfields SA12 6BS
Received 12 Oct 20208 Francis Street Pontardawe SA8 4EQ
Received 13 Oct 202080 Tyn Y Twr Baglan SA12 8YD
Received 13 Oct 202024 Waungron Glynneath SA11 5AS
Received 13 Oct 2020St Joseph's Chapel Chapel Street Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3LR
Received 12 Oct 202073 Rowan Tree Close Bryncoch SA10 7SQ
Received 13 Oct 20201 Maes Ty Canol Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8UW
Received 14 Oct 2020Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Ynysydarren Road Ystalyfera SA9 2DY
Received 14 Oct 2020Land Off Tabernacle Terrace Cwmavon Port Talbot SA12 9HS
Received 12 Oct 2020The Vestry Aqueduct Terrace Pontrhydyfen SA12 9SA
Received 15 Oct 20201 Melyn Close Neath SA11 2DH
Received 15 Oct 2020Plot Adjacent To 261 Graig Road Godre'r Graig SA9 2NZ
Received 16 Oct 202080 Cae Morfa Skewen SA10 6EH
Received 17 Oct 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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