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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
64 Dan Y Coed Tonmawr SA12 9UL
Received 17 Mar 2022Plot 1 Glannant Place Cwmgwrach
Received 15 Mar 2022Sports Track Opposite Cwmtawe Community School Ffordd Parc Ynysderw Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4EG
Received 15 Mar 2022Llwyncelyn Farm Lane From Rhiw Road To Llwyncelyn Farm Rhiwfawr Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2RB
Received 17 Mar 2022Telecommunication Mast Woodland Rear Of Mount Pleasant Tonna Neath SA11 3HX
Received 18 Mar 2022272 Margam Road Margam SA13 2DB
Received 18 Mar 202213 Thorney Road Baglan SA12 8LW
Received 19 Mar 2022Land At Frondeg Gwrhyd Road Pontardawe SA8 4TH
Received 19 Mar 202217 Alexander Road Rhyddings Neath SA10 8DY
Received 19 Mar 202215 Riverside Gardens Glynneath SA11 5LA
Received 21 Mar 2022Neath Castle Castle Street Neath SA11 3LU
Received 21 Mar 202263 Herbert Street Pontardawe SA8 4ED
Received 21 Mar 2022Cilmaengwyn Uchaf Farm Maen Gwyn Cilmaengwyn Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4TX
Received 21 Mar 202238 Sandy Ridge Sandfields SA12 6SU
Received 21 Mar 2022Tor Y Graig Farm Ty Llwyd Bryncoch SA10 7DX
Received 21 Mar 202241 Oakwood Street Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1BE
Received 21 Mar 202211 Parc Gilbertson Rhydyfro Pontardawe SA8 4PT
Received 22 Mar 202238 Pen Yr Alley Avenue Skewen SA10 6DS
Received 22 Mar 2022Land At Forch Dwm North East Of Tonmawr Neath
Received 23 Mar 2022Llandarcy Academy Of Sport Access Road To Llandarcy Village Llandarcy SA10 6JD
Received 23 Mar 20223 Woodlands Terrace Resolven SA11 4NG
Received 23 Mar 202275 Dyffryn Road Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3BY
Received 24 Mar 202251 Heol Y Nant Baglan SA12 8ER
Received 24 Mar 2022111-113 Briton Ferry Road Neath SA11 1AS
Received 24 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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