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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Cadoxton Terrace Main Road Cadoxton SA10 8BR
Received 19 Mar 2021Land Off Crown Way Heritage Gate Llandarcy Neath
Received 19 Mar 20214 Corner Meadow Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3DR
Received 10 Mar 20215 Tir Onen Baglan SA12 8UA
Received 20 Mar 202117 Maes Y Cornel Rhos Pontardawe Swansea SA8 3DR
Received 18 Mar 202119 The Avenue Neath SA11 2FD
Received 18 Mar 202120 Ffrwd Vale Neath SA10 7BA
Received 22 Mar 202142 Priory Court Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7RZ
Received 22 Mar 2021213 New Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5EW
Received 22 Mar 2021Brick Lodge Dyffryn Road Dyffryn Neath SA10 7AZ
Received 18 Mar 2021117 Parc Gilbertson Rhydyfro Pontardawe SA8 4PT
Received 22 Mar 20213 Princess Drive Waunceirch Neath SA10 7PZ
Received 10 Mar 202128 Heol Derwen Cimla Neath SA11 3YS
Received 19 Mar 20216/7 Rhiwlas Waunceirch Neath SA10 7RB
Received 23 Mar 2021157 Margam Road Taibach Port Talbot SA13 2AB
Received 23 Mar 202149 Talbot Road Port Talbot SA13 1HN
Received 19 Mar 202116 Sunnycroft Road Baglan Port Talbot SA12 8TB
Received 23 Mar 2021Former Dwr Y Felin Lower Comprehensive School Heol Penlan Longford Neath SA10 7LB
Received 23 Mar 202137 Graig Road Gwaun Cae Gurwen SA18 1EG
Received 24 Mar 2021Land at and surrounding the Nant Helen Surface Mine site, Powys and Onllwyn Distribution Centre, Neath Port Talbot
Received 24 Mar 2021Alloy Industrial Estate Pontardawe SA8 4EN
Received 24 Mar 2021Afan Argoed Country Park Afan Valley Road Cymmer Port Talbot SA13 3HG
Received 24 Mar 2021Former Thomas & Sons Minerals LTD Old Wern Road Ystalyfera Swansea SA9 2HP
Received 19 Mar 2021Land Adjacent To 35 New Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe Swansea
Received 18 Mar 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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