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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
26 Pentwyn Baglan Road Baglan SA12 8EA
Received 19 Jul 20227 Heol Glynderwen Waunceirch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7RR
Received 19 Jul 2022Wenallt Farm Wenallt Road Tonna Neath SA11 3QH
Received 19 Jul 20222 Parc Gilbertson Rhydyfro Pontardawe SA8 4PU
Received 20 Jul 202233-35 High Street Glynneath SA11 5BS
Received 20 Jul 202247 New Road Skewen SA10 6EP
Received 21 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To Plots 1-3 Llys Baran, Baran Road, Rhydyfro, Pontardawe, SA8 4RW
Received 21 Jul 20223 Ocean Way Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 7NP
Received 21 Jul 2022B4242 Blaengwrach Neath Port Talbot SA11 5NZ
Received 24 Jul 202218 Ynys Y Mond Road Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3BA
Received 25 Jul 2022Amman Valley Telephone Exchange Gurwen Street Ammanford Dyfed SA18 1HB
Received 16 Sept 2022Telephone Exchange Eagle Street Port Talbot SA13 1AA
Received 25 Jul 2022Tyn Yr Heol Tareni Gleision Access Lane Cilybebyll Pontardawe SA8 3JL
Received 25 Jul 20226 Addoldy Road Glynneath SA11 5DU
Received 25 Jul 2022174 New Road Skewen SA10 6HD
Received 25 Jul 202220 New Street Tonna Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3JH
Received 26 Jul 2022Dyfed Reinforcements Riverside Road Port Talbot SA13 1RH
Received 27 Jul 202234 Ocean View Jersey Marine Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6JZ
Received 26 Jul 202223 & 24 Brookville Drive Skewen SA10 6SR
Received 27 Jul 2022Telephone Exchange Park Avenue Glynneath SA11 5DR
Received 27 Jul 202232 Neath Road Crynant Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8SE
Received 27 Jul 20223 School Place Glynneath SA11 5DD
Received 28 Jul 2022Land at and surrounding the Nant Helen Surface Mine site, Powys and Onllwyn Distribution Centre, Neath Port Talbot
Received 28 Jul 2022Land at and surrounding the Nant Helen Surface Mine site, Powys and Onllwyn Distribution Centre, Neath Port Talbot.
Received 28 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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