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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Princess Drive Waunceirch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7PZ
Received 10 Mar 2022Compass House 1A Baldwins Crescent Crymlyn Burrows Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA1 8QE
Received 10 Mar 2022Y Gorlan Coed Parc Cwmavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9BN
Received 10 Mar 2022118 The Highlands Neath Abbey SA10 6PE
Received 10 Mar 202216 Christopher Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6LD
Received 10 Mar 202240 Hafod Street Port Talbot SA13 1AE
Received 11 Mar 202230 Island Mews Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1XW
Received 9 Mar 2022Groundhog Uk Ltd Ynysygerwn Avenue Aberdulais SA10 8HH
Received 11 Mar 202257 Rhyd Hir Longford SA10 7HR
Received 13 Mar 202235 Parish Road Blaengwrach SA11 5SW
Received 14 Mar 202211 Wellfield Melincourt Neath SA11 4AU
Received 14 Mar 20225 Ty'n Yr Heol Road Bryncoch SA10 7EA
Received 14 Mar 2022Land Off Meadow Road Eaglesbush Valley Neath SA11 2AF
Received 14 Mar 202231 Pontneathvaughan Road Glynneath SA11 5NT
Received 14 Mar 2022The Dunes Wyvern Avenue Sandfields SA12 7ER
Received 14 Mar 202295 And 97 Neath Road Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3EH
Received 15 Mar 202242 Gnoll Road Godre'r Graig SA9 2PA
Received 15 Mar 2022Plot 26 Owen Jones Way Bryn Port Talbot SA13 2RF
Received 9 Mar 2022Garth Mor Court Old Road Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2HW
Received 15 Mar 20221-2 Commercial Buildings Talbot Road Port Talbot SA13 1DR
Received 15 Mar 2022Oak Cottage High Street Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4JN
Received 15 Mar 202220 Llewellyn Avenue Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7AL
Received 16 Mar 2022Oak Cottage High Street Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4JN
Received 16 Mar 202214 Old Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe SA8 4PN
Received 16 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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