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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Swansea University Bay Campus Fabian Way Crymlyn Burrows SA1 8EN
Received 1 Sept 202218 Afan Road Duffryn Rhondda Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3ES
Received 1 Sept 202228 Hawthorn Avenue Cimla SA11 3NW
Received 1 Sept 2022Plaza Cinema Talbot Road Port Talbot SA13 1DH
Received 1 Sept 202210 Pendrill Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1BP
Received 1 Sept 2022Brytwn Road Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3EP
Received 2 Sept 2022Woodland Adjacent To 5 Cwrt Yr Eos Coed Hirwaun Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2UQ
Received 4 Sept 2022Alltwen Ganol Farm Alltwen Hill Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3BP
Received 5 Sept 2022Gelliceibryn Brook Intake, Lancaster Close Ending At River Neath Near To The A465 Bridge, Glynneath.
Received 5 Sept 2022Skewen Park Skewen Cricket Club Wern Road Skewen SA10 6DP
Received 6 Sept 202212 Ynyslas Crescent Glynneath SA11 5LB
Received 6 Sept 202222 Village Close Bryncoch SA10 7TE
Received 6 Sept 2022Neath Port Talbot Hospital Baglan Way Aberavon SA12 7BX
Received 7 Sept 20229 Maes Llwynonn Cadoxton SA10 8AQ
Received 8 Sept 2022Land At Units 1-3 Sirius Drive Seaway Parade Industrial Estate Baglan Energy Park Port Talbot SA12 7BR
Received 8 Sept 2022Land At Pen Y Bryn Croeserw Cymmer Port Talbot
Received 8 Sept 20223 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1LN
Received 8 Sept 20223 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1LN
Received 8 Sept 202296 Village Gardens Aberavon Port Talbot SA12 7LP
Received 10 Sept 2022Land At Pen Y Bryn Croeserw Cymmer Port Talbot
Received 8 Sept 202213 Tir Celyn Coed Hirwaun SA13 2UZ
Received 12 Sept 202237 Parish Road Blaengwrach Neath SA11 5SW
Received 13 Sept 2022Aberpergwm Colliery B4242 From Rheola To Glynneath Glynneath SA11 5AJ
Received 13 Sept 2022Camelot Graig Road Godre'r Graig Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2NZ
Received 13 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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