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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Units 1A & 1B, Former TRW Plant Neath Vale Business Park Resolven Neath SA11 3HN
Received 28 Apr 20226 Wellfield Avenue Neath SA11 1AX
Received 28 Apr 202241 Dylan Crescent Sandfields SA12 6BW
Received 30 Apr 2022Afan Forest Cottage Tai'r Ynys Fawr Pontrhydyfen SA12 9RU
Received 1 May 20228 Bay View Close Sandfields SA12 7QA
Received 2 May 20222 Darren Road Briton Ferry Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2TD
Received 3 May 202234 Old Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8TT
Received 3 May 202236 Cae Canol Baglan SA12 8LX
Received 3 May 202228 Cwrt Y Carw Coed Hirwaun Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2TS
Received 3 May 2022115 Shelone Road Briton Ferry SA11 2NE
Received 3 May 2022Former Afan Lido Site Aberavon Neath Port Talbot
Received 3 May 202211 Wellfield Melincourt Neath SA11 4AU
Received 4 May 202223 Gron Road Gwaun Cae Gurwen SA18 1HD
Received 4 May 20221 Maes Y Bettws Cwmavon SA12 9YN
Received 4 May 2022Roundabout At TATA Steel West Entrance, Harbour Way, Port Talbot.
Received 5 May 2022Roundabout At TATA Steel Main Entrance, Harbour Way, Port Talbot.
Received 5 May 202241 Pen Y Rhiw Rhiwfawr Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2RN
Received 5 May 2022JCG Building Unit 3 Milland Road Industrial Estate Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1NJ
Received 6 May 2022The Metal Box Milland Road Neath SA11 1NJ
Received 6 May 2022Land At Edwards Works Llandarcy SA10 6JY
Received 6 May 2022Land Off Meadow Road Eaglesbush Valley Neath SA11 2AF
Received 6 May 20228 Richley Close Baglan SA12 8TA
Received 6 May 202233 Brunel Close Tonna SA11 3JY
Received 7 May 20222 St Albans Terrace Taibach SA13 1LW
Received 9 May 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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