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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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Received 28 Jul 202227 Glannant Place Cwmgwrach SA11 5TE
Received 28 Jul 2022Land Adjacent To Cook Rees Avenue Cimla Neath
Received 28 Jul 2022Unit 9 Gym Quay Road Neath SA11 1SL
Received 28 Jul 202284 Fairwood Drive Baglan SA12 8NU
Received 29 Jul 2022Unit 3 Kenfig Industrial Estate Road Margam SA13 2PE
Received 29 Jul 202215 Ffordd Danygraig Godre'r Graig SA9 2BH
Received 30 Jul 2022Former Constitutional Club 1-3 Office Place Glyncorrwg SA13 3DH
Received 1 Aug 2022Swansea University Bay Campus Fabian Way Crymlyn Burrows SA1 8EN
Received 1 Aug 20225 Dynevor Avenue Neath SA10 7AG
Received 2 Aug 20228 Harvey Crescent Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 6DF
Received 2 Aug 2022The Gables Main Road Aberdulais Neath SA10 8LE
Received 2 Aug 202216 Pandy View Cimla Neath SA11 3RT
Received 3 Aug 2022102 Mackworth Drive Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2QA
Received 28 Jul 202278 Neath Road Briton Ferry Neath SA11 2YR
Received 4 Aug 202218 Orchard Street Neath Neath SA11 1DU
Received 4 Aug 2022Land At Pen Y Bryn Croeserw Cymmer Port Talbot
Received 4 Aug 20222 Forge Road Port Talbot SA13 1NU
Received 5 Aug 2022Land At Rhigos Forestry Rhigos Road Rhigos Aberdare
Received 5 Aug 2022Croeserw Primary School Bryn Siriol Croeserw Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3PL
Received 5 Aug 2022The Quays Brunel Way Baglan Energy Park SA11 2GG
Received 8 Aug 2022Baglan Bay Retail Park, Morrisons Christchurch Road Aberavon SA12 7BZ
Received 8 Aug 2022Cwrt Bychan House Cwrt Buchan Lane Margam Port Talbot SA13 2PQ
Received 8 Aug 2022Garage Depot Cilmaengwyn Road Cilmaengwyn Pontardawe SA8 4QN
Received 9 Aug 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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