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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
93 Mariners Point Sandfields SA12 6DN
Received 4 Apr 202234 Heol Cynfeli Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3FD
Received 4 Apr 20226 Heol Phillip Alltwen Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3AX
Received 31 Mar 2022Swiss Gables Dyffryn Road Dyffryn SA10 7AZ
Received 4 Apr 202216 Y Gilfach Llandarcy SA10 6GA
Received 4 Apr 202217 Nobel Avenue Aberavon SA12 6YN
Received 4 Apr 202217 Pen Y Dre Neath SA11 3HE
Received 5 Apr 202238 Brynau Wood Cimla SA11 3YQ
Received 5 Apr 20226 Sunnycroft Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8TB
Received 4 Apr 202210 Aster View Sandfields SA12 7ED
Received 5 Apr 2022Former Afan Lido Site Aberavon Seafront Princess Margaret Way Port Talbot SA12 6QW
Received 6 Apr 2022Ecolab Brunel Way Baglan Energy Park SA11 2GA
Received 6 Apr 2022Ty Copr Melyn Close Neath SA11 2DH
Received 6 Apr 202223 Walters Road Cwmllynfell SA9 2FH
Received 7 Apr 2022103 Brookfield Neath Abbey SA10 7EL
Received 7 Apr 2022Brynmair Waungron Glynneath SA11 5AS
Received 10 Apr 2022The Brambles 5 Varteg Row Bryn SA13 2RF
Received 10 Apr 202284 Leonard Street Neath SA11 3HP
Received 11 Apr 2022118 Neath Road Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3HB
Received 12 Apr 202252 Lon Y Wern Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3BL
Received 12 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To Technium Centre, Central Avenue, Baglan Bay Energy Park, SA12 7AX
Received 13 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To 17 Gardners Lane Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2AH
Received 13 Apr 20221 Glyn Garfield Close Penrhiwtyn Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2JR
Received 13 Apr 2022Cornelius Purcell Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 7TZ
Received 14 Apr 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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