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Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
5,756Searchable applications
229Recorded as pending
96%Approval rate · 4,613 approved or refused records
197Refused applications

4,416 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

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Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
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More application records

  1. DecidedP2021/0848

    Single storey rear extension and new steps

    Mount Vernon 12A St Marys Close Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2JU

    Received 30 Jul 2021
  2. DecidedP2021/0849

    Orangery style extension to rear of the dwelling

    15 Bryn Derwen Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4LF

    Received 30 Jul 2021
  3. DecidedP2021/0850

    Single storey rear extension - Lawful Development Certificate Proposed

    4 Phoenix Avenue Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2LS

    Received 3 Aug 2021
  4. DecidedP2021/0851

    Proposed demolition of single storey rear extensions and construction of new two-storey and single storey rear extensions.

    6 Mill Row Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3AD

    Received 6 Aug 2021
  5. DecidedP2021/0852

    Single storey rear extension - Lawful Development Certificate Proposed.

    3 Tonna Uchaf Tonna SA11 3JZ

    Received 7 Aug 2021
  6. DecidedP2021/0853

    Two storey rear extension to include single storey side and rear extension

    10 Pale Road Skewen SA10 6BW

    Received 7 Aug 2021
  7. DecidedP2021/0855

    Change of use from offices to house of multiple occupation for up to a maximum of nine residents and one self-contained residential unit to rear, together with associated works including demolition of outbuilding to facilitate a single storey side/rear extension, together with external alterations, associated works and change of use of land for parking (Additional plan received 25.10.21 and amended and additional plans received 26.10.21)

    Compass House 1A Baldwins Crescent Crymlyn Burrows SA1 8QE

    Received 9 Aug 2021
  8. DecidedP2021/0856

    The demolition of the existing 2 storey office building and the construction of 18 affordable housing apartments on upper floors with office/commercial units at ground floor and associated external works and parking area. (Further Information - Heritage Impact Assessment and Statement and Market Demand Information.)

    Eagle House 2 Talbot Road Port Talbot SA13 1DH

    Received 9 Aug 2021
  9. DecidedP2021/0857

    Two storey front/side extension, juliet balcony and new roof to part of remaining single storey attached former garage to be used as a shed

    96 Ynys Y Gored Velindre Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2EB

    Received 10 Aug 2021
  10. DecidedP2021/0858

    Extension of existing rear dormer

    60 Daphne Road Bryncoch SA10 8DU

    Received 11 Aug 2021
  11. DecidedP2021/0859

    Cut back 120m of roadside mixed species of hedgerow protected by Tree Preservation Order T353/W1 by up to 2.5m

    Area Fronting Ups Park Avenue Lonlas Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6RY

    Received 11 Aug 2021
  12. DecidedP2021/0860

    Single storey rear extension.

    35 Llewellyn Street Glynneath SA11 5AF

    Received 11 Aug 2021
  13. DecidedP2021/0861

    Lawful Development Certificate (existing) to confirm a commencement of works in accord with condition No. 1 of Planning Permission P2005/0449 relating to a change of use to guest house accommodation including the construction of an extensions and the refurbishment of studios.

    Tyn-Y-Caeau Margam Road Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NW

    Received 11 Aug 2021
  14. DecidedP2021/0862

    Retention of use of land as storage yard for scaffolding supplier (Sui Generis use), plus construction of a new detached building with associated works

    Land South Of Neath Road Abergarwed Neath SA11 4DD

    Received 13 Aug 2021
  15. DecidedP2021/0863

    Details pursuant to conditions 24 (Clothes drying areas) of planning application P2020/0992 granted on 03/03/2021.

    Land North Of Bevin Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 6JU

    Received 11 Aug 2021
  16. WithdrawnP2021/0865

    Proposed single storey rear extension.

    1 Cwm Clydach Cottages Dyffryn Road Bryncoch SA10 7YY

    Received 12 Aug 2021
  17. DecidedP2021/0866

    Retention of Summer House

    17 Danybont Pontrhydyfen SA12 9RP

    Received 12 Aug 2021
  18. DecidedP2021/0869

    Installation of 2no freestanding internally illuminated digital advertisement displays measuring 6.2m wide by 3.1m high positioned on an ancillary vertical meadow green wall measuring 6.2m wide by 2m high (total height of sign from ground is 5.8m)

    Hollywood Park The Princess Margaret Way Sandfields SA12 6QW

    Received 16 Aug 2021
  19. WithdrawnP2021/0870

    Completion and retention of new detached garage

    18A Victoria Road Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 6AB

    Received 17 Aug 2021
  20. DecidedP2021/0871

    Non-Material Amendment application for the change of wording of condition 2 (Schedule of Approved Plans) in relation to removal of rooftop screens and removal of planning condition 8 (Verification Report) of planning consent P2020/0486

    Land At Water Street Neath

    Received 17 Aug 2021
  21. DecidedP2021/0873

    Prior Notification application for the installation of 25-metre-high telecommunications lattice tower and associated supporting equipment to replace existing nearby tower

    Port Talbot Dock Puckney House Port Talbot SA12 6BP

    Received 17 Aug 2021
  22. DecidedP2021/0874

    Installation of air source heat pump and associated works including pipework and cable tray

    Land Adjacent To Swn Yr Afon Brynteg Seven Sisters Neath SA10 9ET

    Received 17 Aug 2021
  23. DecidedP2021/0875

    Details pursuant to the discharge of Condition 5 (Landscaping scheme) of P2019/5543 granted on 3/3/20 for residential development.

    Parc Hadau Land At Waun Sterw Rhyd Y Fro Pontardawe

    Received 17 Aug 2021
  24. DecidedP2021/0878

    Rear extension

    34 The Greenway Llandarcy SA10 6JB

    Received 18 Aug 2021

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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.

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