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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
4 Cherry Grove Pontardawe SA8 4PX
Received 21 Sept 202119 Chrome Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7RF
Received 21 Sept 2021Former Afan Lido Site Aberavon Seafront Port Talbot
Received 21 Sept 2021Baglan Photovoltaic (Pv) Array Former Bp Chemicals Ltd Seaway Parade, Sandfields, Port Talbot SA12 7BR
Received 21 Sept 2021Cornelius Electronics Unit 3 & 4 Purcell Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 7TZ
Received 21 Sept 2021Water Street Business Centre Gwyn Terrace Aberavon SA12 6LF
Received 22 Sept 2021Water Street Business Centre Gwyn Terrace Aberavon SA12 6LF
Received 22 Sept 202140 Hawthorn Avenue Cimla Neath SA11 3NW
Received 20 Sept 202147 Cimla Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3TW
Received 14 Sept 202118 Moorlands Dyffryn Cellwen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9HU
Received 22 Sept 2021Land To The Rear Of 59 Afandale Sandfields SA12 7BQ
Received 22 Sept 2021Blaengwenffrith Farm Tonmawr Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9TA
Received 22 Sept 2021Land Adjacent To 30 Ynys Y Nos Pontwalby Glynneath Neath SA11 5LS
Received 22 Sept 2021Land At Cwmwernderi Reservoir Between Bryn And Goytre, Port Talbot
Received 22 Sept 2021Lletty Piod Farm Lane From Dyffryn Road To Llety Piod Farm Goytre Port Talbot SA13 2YF
Received 23 Sept 202122 March Hywel Cilfrew Neath SA10 8NB
Received 23 Sept 202113 Thorney Road Baglan Port Talbot SA12 8LW
Received 23 Sept 20219 Stanley Place Cadoxton Neath SA10 8BE
Received 24 Sept 202111 Princess Drive Waunceirch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7PZ
Received 20 Sept 2021Land North Of Bevin Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 6JU
Received 24 Sept 202135 Marine Drive Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7NN
Received 24 Sept 202110 Cadoxton Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7AE
Received 27 Sept 202184 Ruskin Street Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2LD
Received 24 Sept 202134 Dynevor Avenue Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7AH
Received 29 Sept 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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