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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To 78 Main Road Dyffryn Cellwen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9LG
Received 2 Mar 2022Longlands Farm Lane From Pyle Road To Longlands Farm Pyle Bridgend Neath Port Talbot CF33 6PU
Received 2 Mar 2022113 Crymlyn Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6DT
Received 1 Mar 2022Castle Retail Park Briton Ferry Road Neath SA11 1AS
Received 2 Mar 202216 Waun Wen Cwmavon SA12 9TB
Received 3 Mar 2022Ty'r Eglwys The Oaks Ty'r Owen Row Cwmavon SA12 9BD
Received 3 Mar 2022Nant Y Fedw Farm Eastern Avenue Lane To Nant Y Fedw Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3NR
Received 3 Mar 2022Chosen Park, Unit 1 Lane From Brunel Way To Sewage Pumping Station Baglan Energy Park SA11 2HZ
Received 3 Mar 2022101 Ocean View Jersey Marine SA10 6JN
Received 4 Mar 2022Land At Llwyn-y-ffynon Farm Lane From Heol Y Deryn To Llwyn-y-ffynon Farm Glyncorrwg Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3DB
Received 3 Mar 20227 St Catherines Road Baglan SA12 8AT
Received 5 Mar 202225 Sarnfan Baglan Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8DY
Received 7 Mar 2022Land Off March Hywel Cilfrew Neath SA10 8ND
Received 7 Mar 2022Plot At Cemetry Road Pant Y Fedwen Cwmgors
Received 7 Mar 2022Former Dwr Y Felin Lower Comprehensive School Heol Penlan Neath SA10 7LB
Received 7 Mar 20226 Gilfach Road Bryncoch SA10 8EH
Received 8 Mar 2022Tirlan Farm Lane From C182 To Tirlan Farm Crynant Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8NG
Received 8 Mar 20221 Maes Ty Canol Baglan SA12 8UW
Received 8 Mar 202210 Fernfield Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8AL
Received 8 Mar 2022The Miners Arms Old Road Skewen SA10 6AR
Received 8 Mar 202213 Vernon Street Briton Ferry SA11 2PE
Received 9 Mar 202236 Windsor Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1LU
Received 8 Mar 20221 Gelli Houses A4107 From Cymmer To Blaengwynfi Cymmer SA13 3NP
Received 9 Mar 2022Melin Court Wind Farm Land To The East Of Melin Court Resolven Neath Neath Port Talbot
Received 10 Mar 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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