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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
73 Rowan Tree Close Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7SQ
Received 2 Jul 202274 Gwyn Street Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3AN
Received 3 Jul 20223 New Road Neath Abbey Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7NN
Received 3 Jul 2022Land north of Elba Crescent, Swansea
Received 4 Jul 202221 Bryn Derwen Pontardawe SA8 4LF
Received 4 Jul 2022Bryn-Glas 46 Grove Road Pontardawe SA8 4HH
Received 4 Jul 20227 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1LS
Received 4 Jul 2022Agricultural Land To The South Of Moel Ton-mawr And West Of Mnyndd Margam
Received 1 Jul 2022Neath Community Tennis Courts Dyfed Road Neath SA11 3AN
Received 4 Jul 202224 Moorlands Dyffryn Cellwen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9HU
Received 1 Jul 202214 Curtis Street Neath SA11 1UW
Received 5 Jul 202220 Rhiw Road Rhiwfawr SA9 2RD
Received 5 Jul 202258 Neath Road Briton Ferry SA11 2YR
Received 6 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To Dan Y Bryn Residential Home 84 Brecon Road Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4PD
Received 6 Jul 20228 Lodge Drive Baglan SA12 8UB
Received 7 Jul 20223 Barry Road Lower Brynamman SA18 1TY
Received 7 Jul 2022Former Clun Primary School Lletty Dafydd Clyne Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 4BW
Received 7 Jul 2022Former Clun Primary School Lletty Dafydd Clyne Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 4BW
Received 7 Jul 202277 Fernlea Park Bryncoch SA10 7SX
Received 7 Jul 202295A Neath Road Resolven Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 4AN
Received 7 Jul 2022Land To Rear Of 15 Nant Y Wiwer Coed Hirwaun Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2XX
Received 8 Jul 202296 Gnoll Park Road Neath SA11 3DD
Received 8 Jul 2022Earlswood Depot Earlswood Depot Access Road Jersey Marine SA10 6NG
Received 8 Jul 202251 Wildbrook Taibach SA13 2UL
Received 10 Jul 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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