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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Angel Farm Pontneathvaughan Road Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5NR
Received 10 Feb 2022Windsor Lodge The Avenue Cwmavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9PL
Received 10 Feb 20227 Greenfield Avenue Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2LW
Received 11 Feb 202243 Neath Road Crynant Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8SE
Received 11 Feb 20227 New Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4PJ
Received 14 Feb 202219 Llwyn Arian Coed Hirwaun Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2UP
Received 14 Feb 202242A New Road Trebanos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4DL
Received 14 Feb 202245 Handel Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7TA
Received 14 Feb 2022Land Off Meadow Road Eaglesbush Valley Neath SA11 2AF
Received 15 Feb 20223 Alexander Road Rhyddings Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8DY
Received 11 Feb 202254 Brookfield Neath Abbey Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7EH
Received 16 Feb 20223 Millbank Waunceirch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7FJ
Received 15 Feb 2022Pentwyn Farm 38 Pentwyn Baglan Road Baglan SA12 8EB
Received 17 Feb 2022132 Cimla Crescent Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3PF
Received 17 Feb 202249 Dinas Baglan Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8DT
Received 15 Feb 202242 Heol Y Felin Caewern SA10 7SD
Received 18 Feb 2022Min Yr Afon Residential Home London Row Cwmavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9AH
Received 18 Feb 2022Bulldogs Gym Fenbrook Close Aberavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 7PA
Received 18 Feb 2022Former Dwr Y Felin Lower Comprehensive School, Heol Penlan, Longford, Neath, SA10 7LB
Received 18 Feb 20225 Ynyslas Crescent Glynneath SA11 5LB
Received 20 Feb 20225 Hays Crescent Glynneath SA11 5BE
Received 21 Feb 2022Ty Blaidd 1E New Road Cilfrew SA10 8LL
Received 21 Feb 2022Nant Arian 40A Derwen Road Alltwen Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3AY
Received 17 Feb 2022280 Margam Road Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2DB
Received 18 Feb 2022Records 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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