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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
22 Darren Wen Baglan Port Talbot SA12 8YN
Received 10 Feb 202111 Pentwyn Drive Baglan Port Talbot SA12 8EF
Received 11 Feb 202119 Salem Road Cwmavon SA12 9EL
Received 11 Feb 2021Plot 3 Baglan Industrial Park Aberavon Road Aberavon Port Talbot SA12 7DJ
Received 9 Feb 202139 Leiros Park Drive Bryncoch Neath SA10 7EW
Received 11 Feb 202111 Gwaun Afan Cwmavon Port Talbot SA12 9EJ
Received 11 Feb 202158 Heol Cae Gurwen Gwaun Cae Gurwen SA18 1HG
Received 11 Feb 2021Dyfed Road Pharmacy Dyfed Road Neath SA11 3AS
Received 11 Feb 202197 Westlands Aberavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7DE
Received 10 Feb 2021Land Off Church Street Church Street Briton Ferry Neath SA11 2HZ
Received 12 Feb 202130 Cymmer Road Glyncorrwg SA13 3AB
Received 12 Feb 202170 Greenwood Drive Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2BW
Received 9 Feb 2021Rear Of 13 Dyffryn Woods Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7QA
Received 9 Feb 2021Land Adjacent To CSN Precision Engineering Neath Abbey Road Neath SA10 7BR
Received 12 Feb 202140 Afandale Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7BN
Received 12 Feb 2021195 Western Avenue Sandfields SA12 7NE
Received 13 Feb 202128 Ocean View Jersey Marine SA10 6HR
Received 14 Feb 20217 Thorney Road Baglan SA12 8LW
Received 14 Feb 2021The Red Dragon Moorland Road Sandfields SA12 6JZ
Received 14 Feb 2021Land Adjacent To CSN Precision Engineering Neath Abbey Road Neath SA10 7BR
Received 15 Feb 2021Aberavon Aquasplash, The Princess Margaret Way Sandfields SA12 6QW
Received 15 Feb 202110 Graig Road Trebanos Pontardawe SA8 4BA
Received 15 Feb 20219 Grove Lane Penrhiwtyn Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2EN
Received 15 Feb 202110 Clare Road Ystalyfera SA9 2AJ
Received 15 Feb 2021Records 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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