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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66A Main Road Dyffryn Cellwen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9LA
Received 22 Aug 20221 Gardeners Cottages Tareni Gleision Access Lane Cilybebyll Pontardawe SA8 3JJ
Received 22 Aug 2022139 Bryn Morgrug Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3DP
Received 23 Aug 2022Unit 1 Ynysygerwn Avenue Aberdulais SA10 8HH
Received 23 Aug 2022Former Gwaun Cae Gurwen Primary School Water Street Gwaun Cae Gurwen SA18 1HA
Received 24 Aug 202212 Wenham Place Neath SA11 3AH
Received 24 Aug 202217 Banwen Place Lower Brynamman Ammanford Neath Port Talbot SA18 1SP
Received 24 Aug 202210 Parish Road Blaengwrach Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5SW
Received 24 Aug 2022Swansea University Bay Campus Fabian Way Crymlyn Burrows SA1 8EN
Received 25 Aug 202238 Pen Yr Alley Avenue Skewen SA10 6DS
Received 26 Aug 20224 Blaenwern Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7AA
Received 26 Aug 2022Swansea University Bay Campus Fabian Way Crymlyn Burrows SA1 8EN
Received 26 Aug 202234 Treforgan Road Crynant SA10 8PL
Received 26 Aug 20229 Gwilym Road Cwmllynfell SA9 2GH
Received 27 Aug 20223 Queens Road Skewen SA10 6UH
Received 27 Aug 20229 Beechwood Avenue Neath SA11 3TD
Received 30 Aug 2022Land Adjacent To 27 Heol Tabor Cwmavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9PS
Received 26 Aug 2022108 Brookfield Neath Abbey Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7EF
Received 30 Aug 202216 Duke Street Taibach Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1NA
Received 29 Aug 2022125 Heol Y Gors Cwmgors SA18 1PY
Received 31 Aug 20221 Garth Road Tairgwaith Ammanford SA18 1UY
Received 31 Aug 202230 Orchard Street Neath SA11 1DU
Received 31 Aug 2022Greenfrog STOR Brunel Way Baglan Energy Park Neath SA11 2GG
Received 30 Aug 202217 Gronow Close Court Herbert Neath SA10 7AD
Received 1 Sept 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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