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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
19 Heol Las Fawr Crynant SA10 8PB
Received 8 Dec 2021243 Western Avenue Sandfields SA12 7NF
Received 8 Dec 2021Unit 43 Endeavour Close Industrial Estate Endeavour Close Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7PT
Received 8 Dec 2021Bwlch Ffos Quarry Bwlch Ffos Access Road Cwmgwrach Neath Port Talbot
Received 8 Dec 20212 Dol Werdd Waunceirch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7QX
Received 8 Dec 2021Llandarcy Academy Of Sport Llandarcy Park, Llandarcy Skewen Neath SA10 6JD
Received 8 Dec 2021311 Graig Road Godre'r Graig SA9 2NZ
Received 10 Dec 2021The Surge P. H. 74 Commercial Road Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1LR
Received 10 Dec 2021Croeserw Social Club Brynheulog Road Croeserw Cymmer SA13 3RS
Received 12 Dec 2021U Route Track Penrhityn Briton Ferry Neath
Received 13 Dec 2021Land Off Forest Goch
Received 13 Dec 202140 Victoria Gardens Neath SA11 3BH
Received 13 Dec 202192 Priory Court Bryncoch SA10 7RZ
Received 14 Dec 202134 Neath Road Fforest Goch Pontardawe SA8 3JB
Received 14 Dec 2021Ty'n Y Cwm Farm Ty'n Y Cwm Lane Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3EY
Received 15 Dec 2021Ty'n Y Cwm Farm Ty'n Y Cwm Lane Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EY
Received 15 Dec 2021Land At Forest Lodge Lane Cwmavon SA13 2RX
Received 15 Dec 20211 Melyn Close Neath SA11 2DH
Received 15 Dec 202177 Margam Road Taibach SA13 2LB
Received 16 Dec 202135 Ynys Y Gored Velindre SA13 2EB
Received 16 Dec 202111 Beverley Street Port Talbot SA13 1EB
Received 16 Dec 2021Land West Of Junction 38 Of The M4 Port Talbot Margam SA13 2NU
Received 16 Dec 2021106 Cae Morfa Skewen SA10 6EH
Received 17 Dec 2021Former Afan Lido Site and adjacent Car Park, Aberavon, Port Talbot
Received 17 Dec 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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