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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4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land Adjacent To CSN Precision Engineering Neath Abbey Road Neath SA10 7BR
Received 14 Jul 202199 Westlands Aberavon SA12 7DE
Received 14 Jul 2021Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School Afan Valley Road Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3TA
Received 7 Jul 2021Trees Adjacent To: 11 The Avenue Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2FD
Received 14 Jul 20216 Primrose Lane Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3ES
Received 14 Jul 2021153 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1NU
Received 15 Jul 2021153 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1NU
Received 15 Jul 20218 Morgan Street Trebanos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4DW
Received 15 Jul 202171 Crymlyn Parc Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6DG
Received 15 Jul 202177 Church Road Seven Sisters Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9DT
Received 15 Jul 2021Plot Of Land At Curwen Close Pontrhydyfen Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9UT
Received 15 Jul 2021106 Cae Morfa Skewen SA10 6EH
Received 16 Jul 202133 Main Road Crynant SA10 8NT
Received 16 Jul 20212 Brynberllan Cottages Access To Brynberllan Cottages Cwmgwrach Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5PR
Received 16 Jul 20211 Cedar Street Cwmgwrach Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5PF
Received 13 Jul 202148 Lake Road Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6AF
Received 13 Jul 202185 Brookfield Neath Abbey SA10 7EL
Received 18 Jul 202165 Pentre Afan Aberavon SA12 7RN
Received 18 Jul 202153 Western Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7NB
Received 19 Jul 2021Coed Darcy Llandarcy Neath
Received 15 Jul 2021Land Off Tabernacle Terrace Cwmavon Port Talbot
Received 19 Jul 2021Land At Seaway Parade Industrial Estate Baglan SA12 7BR
Received 20 Jul 20215 Holly Road Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3PE
Received 19 Jul 202116 Millbank Waunceirch SA10 7FJ
Received 20 Jul 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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