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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 14 Apr 2022Cornelius Purcell Avenue Sandfields SA12 7TZ
Received 14 Apr 202219-20 London Road Neath SA11 1LE
Received 15 Apr 20224 Oakdene Close Baglan SA12 8NR
Received 15 Apr 2022Fforch Dwm Wind Farm Fforch Dwm Farm Lane From Fforch Dwm Road To Fforch Dwm Farm Pontrhydyfen Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9SS
Received 14 Apr 2022Land Adjacent To The Red Dragon Moorland Road Sandfields SA12 6JZ
Received 19 Apr 202247 Woodlands Park Drive Cadoxton SA10 8AW
Received 19 Apr 20228 West Crossways Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4NE
Received 19 Apr 2022Former Skewen Snooker Club Cae Nant Terrace Skewen SA10 6UP
Received 20 Apr 20226 Oakwood Avenue Pontrhydyfen Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9SD
Received 19 Apr 202226 Graig Newydd Godre'r Graig Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2DG
Received 20 Apr 2022Llys Y Coed Cornish Row Cwmavon SA12 9YB
Received 21 Apr 2022River Neath Swing Bridge River Neath
Received 21 Apr 202232 Neath Road Crynant SA10 8SE
Received 21 Apr 2022Public Conveniences, The Mews Courtyard, Margam Country Park, Water Street, Margam SA13 2TJ
Received 21 Apr 2022192 Heol Y Gors Cwmgors SA18 1RN
Received 22 Apr 2022Graigavon Lower Lodge Lletty Harri Port Talbot SA13 2ES
Received 26 Apr 2022Steel Frame Open Storage Building And Concrete Farm Building Plas Farm Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3JQ
Received 26 Apr 2022Concrete Farm Building Plas Farm Lane From Church Road To Plas Farm Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3JQ
Received 26 Apr 202239 Dulais Road Seven Sisters Neath SA10 9ER
Received 26 Apr 202210 Baglan Heights Baglan SA12 8UF
Received 26 Apr 20221 Caer Hendy Gardens Crymlyn Road Skewen SA10 6AY
Received 26 Apr 2022Land At Kenfig Industrial Estate Margam
Received 27 Apr 2022Clun Primary School Lletty Dafydd Clyne SA11 4BW
Received 27 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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