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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.
4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Aug 2014 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Off Crown Way Llandarcy Neath
Received 18 Aug 20217 Ridgeway Lane Llandarcy Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6FY
Received 19 Aug 202160 Commercial Street Ystalyfera SA9 2HS
Received 19 Aug 2021Beeches Beeches Access Lane Cilybebyll Pontardawe SA8 3JD
Received 20 Aug 2021Low Cost Vans Siding Terrace Lonlas Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6RF
Received 17 Aug 2021Main Road Treforgan, Crynant Neath, Port Talbot SA10 8NY
Received 21 Aug 20216 Rugby Road Resolven SA11 4HH
Received 21 Aug 202116 Old Road Skewen Neath SA10 6AR
Received 21 Aug 202129 Cadoxton Terrace Main Road Cadoxton SA10 8BR
Received 22 Aug 2021Woodland Adjacent To 5 Cwrt Yr Eos Coed Hirwaun Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2UQ
Received 23 Aug 2021The Ramblers Church Street Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2JD
Received 13 Aug 2021Aberpergwm Colliery B4242 From Rheola To Glynneath Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5AJ
Received 14 Aug 2021Gellinudd Hospital Lon Catwg Gellinudd Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3DX
Received 21 Aug 202164 Commercial Road Rhydyfro Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4SL
Received 23 Aug 202110 Sunny Road Sandfields SA12 6JD
Received 25 Aug 20211A Alfred Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1EF
Received 25 Aug 202148 Bertha Place Margam SA13 2AP
Received 25 Aug 202113 Llewellyn Avenue Neath SA10 7AL
Received 25 Aug 2021Newland Farm Water Street Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2PB
Received 24 Aug 202112 Glyncastle Resolven Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 4NW
Received 26 Aug 202116 Tir Morfa Road Sandfields SA12 7PF
Received 28 Aug 202126 Rowan Tree Close Bryncoch SA10 7SJ
Received 30 Aug 2021Dynevor Arms Dynevor Terrace Pontardawe SA8 4HX
Received 31 Aug 2021Parc Newydd Briton Ferry SA11 2UP
Received 31 Aug 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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