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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 To The Side Of 64 Lake Road Sandfields SA12 6AW
Received 29 Sept 202173 Glyn Road Lower Brynamman SA18 1SS
Received 29 Sept 2021Daisey Barn Eglwys Nunnydd Margam SA13 2PS
Received 29 Sept 202110 Ena Avenue Neath SA11 3AD
Received 29 Sept 20212 Derwen Fawr Cilfrew SA10 8NX
Received 30 Sept 202174 Windsor Village Aberavon SA12 7EY
Received 30 Sept 202120 Llwyncelyn Road Tairgwaith SA18 1UU
Received 30 Sept 2021Ynys Y Coed Coedffaldau Road Rhiwfawr SA9 2RL
Received 30 Sept 202112 Harlech Street Tairgwaith SA18 1YH
Received 30 Sept 202154 Depot Road Cwmavon SA12 9BA
Received 30 Sept 2021Land At 15 Glyn Road Brynamman SA18 1SS
Received 30 Sept 2021130 New Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6HL
Received 27 Sept 2021Land At Edwards Works Llandarcy SA10 6JY
Received 1 Oct 202161 Dinas Baglan Road Baglan SA12 8DT
Received 3 Oct 202125 Grange Street Port Talbot SA13 1EN
Received 4 Oct 20214 Woodmill Waunceirch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7PX
Received 4 Oct 202120 Cwrt Yr Eos Coed Hirwaun SA13 2UQ
Received 5 Oct 202167 Commercial Road Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1LP
Received 30 Sept 2021Land Rear Off 42 Sitwell Way Sandfields SA12 6BL
Received 5 Oct 202119 Wern Road Skewen SA10 6DN
Received 5 Oct 202147 Graig Road Alltwen Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3DA
Received 30 Sept 2021New Dwelling On Land At 15 Glyn Road Brynamman SA18 1SS
Received 5 Oct 20219 The Parade Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1RE
Received 6 Oct 202173 Leonard Street Neath SA11 3HW
Received 11 Oct 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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