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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
2 Oakfield Cottages Ty Llwyd Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7DJ
Received 10 May 2021151 Margam Road Taibach SA13 2AB
Received 10 May 2021261A Swansea Road Trebanos Pontardawe SA8 4BY
Received 10 May 2021Jersey Marine Community Centre (Former) School Road Jersey Marine SA10 6JJ
Received 10 May 2021Land To The Rear Of No 6 Hen Felin Gellinudd Pontardawe Swansea SA8 3HN
Received 10 May 202159 Afandale Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 7BQ
Received 10 May 202141 Park Avenue Glynneath Neath SA11 5DR
Received 10 May 20213 Graig Parc Longford Neath SA10 7HB
Received 10 May 20214 Min Y Coed Glynneath Neath SA11 5RY
Received 11 May 20213 Twyn Teg Caewern Neath SA10 7RN
Received 11 May 2021Land At Parc Newydd Briton Ferry Neath
Received 11 May 202121 Cory Street Resolven Neath SA11 4HR
Received 11 May 20219 Dan Y Graig Road Longford SA10 7HA
Received 11 May 202174 Ridgewood Gardens Cimla Neath SA11 3QG
Received 11 May 20213 Old Town Hall New Street Neath SA11 1RT
Received 11 May 2021137 Pantyrheol Neath SA11 2HB
Received 12 May 2021Land Adjacent To CSN Precision Engineering Neath Abbey Road Neath SA10 7BR
Received 10 May 2021Petrol Filling Station Western Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7PE
Received 12 May 2021Water Street Neath SA11 3EP
Received 12 May 2021Awel Y Mor Primary School Ffordd Ysgol Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 6TP
Received 11 May 202146 Wind Street Neath SA11 3HA
Received 11 May 2021Land Adj. 1 Ffordd Dinas Cwmavon Port Talbot SA12 9BS
Received 13 May 202154 Depot Road Cwmavon Port Talbot SA12 9BA
Received 13 May 2021Land At Water Street Neath
Received 13 May 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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