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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Seaway Parade Industrial Estate Baglan SA12 7BR
Received 9 Jun 20225 Francis Street Pontardawe SA8 4EQ
Received 10 Jun 2022Beeches Bungalow Primrose Bank Bryncoch SA10 7BX
Received 10 Jun 202225 Wern Road Skewen SA10 6DN
Received 10 Jun 2022Morrisons Supermarket Riverside Drive Neath SA11 1RS
Received 10 Jun 2022Morrisons Supermarket Riverside Drive Neath SA11 1RS
Received 10 Jun 202241 Commercial Road Taibach SA13 1LN
Received 11 Jun 202274 Heol Y Llwynau Trebanos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4DD
Received 13 Jun 2022Former Dwr Y Felin Lower Comprehensive School, Heol Penlan, Neath, SA10 7LB
Received 14 Jun 2022Sandy Feet Day Nursery Dew Road Sandfields SA12 7HE
Received 14 Jun 2022Glyn Gwilym Farm Lane From Waterfall Road To Glyn Gwilym Farm Resolven SA11 4EG
Received 15 Jun 202239 Pine Grove Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3RH
Received 16 Jun 202220 Dyffryn Woods Bryncoch SA10 7QA
Received 16 Jun 202223 Hafod Street Port Talbot SA13 1AE
Received 16 Jun 2022Ty Mawr Ynisderw Road Pontardawe Swansea SA8 4EG
Received 16 Jun 2022108 High Street Glynneath SA11 5AL
Received 16 Jun 2022Foel Trawsnant Bryn Port Talbot
Received 16 Jun 20227 Oakland Drive Bryncoch SA10 7ED
Received 19 Jun 20228 Kenilworth Court Baglan SA12 8NN
Received 19 Jun 202215 Baglan Heights Baglan SA12 8UF
Received 19 Jun 20227 Clarice Street Aberavon SA12 6BQ
Received 21 Jun 2022Land Adjacent To 10 Elias Road Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7TN
Received 21 Jun 202237 Llygad Yr Haul Caewern SA10 7SR
Received 22 Jun 2022Pen Moriah Church Llewellyn Street Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5AF
Received 20 Jun 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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