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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Brynderwen 29 Pheasant Road Trebanos Pontardawe SA8 4DP
Received 14 Sept 2022Former Pontrhydyfen Primary School Oakwood Avenue Pontrhydyfen SA12 9SZ
Received 14 Sept 202299 Brooklyn Gardens Aberavon SA12 7PD
Received 15 Sept 20225 The Avenue Neath SA11 2FD
Received 15 Sept 2022Mount Surgery Margam Road Taibach SA13 2BN
Received 15 Sept 2022Land At Gwrhyd Quarry Gwrhyd Road Pontardawe SA9 2SB
Received 14 Sept 2022Land At Gwrhyd Quarry Gwrhyd Road Pontardawe SA9 2SB
Received 14 Sept 202230 Ridgewood Gardens Cimla SA11 3QF
Received 15 Sept 2022Land North Of Bevin Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 6JU
Received 15 Sept 2022Safe Gas Cylinders Bay Studios Fabian Way Swansea SA1 8QJ
Received 16 Sept 2022Chosen Park, Unit 1 Lane From Brunel Way To Sewage Pumping Station Baglan Energy Park SA11 2HZ
Received 16 Sept 20224 Blaenwern Bryncoch SA10 7AA
Received 16 Sept 2022Pentreclwydau Mine Complex Cwmgwrach Neath SA11 5PT
Received 14 Sept 202223 Walters Road Cwmllynfell Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2FH
Received 16 Sept 202214 Newall Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6ST
Received 19 Sept 202214 Bramblewood Close Baglan SA12 8EG
Received 19 Sept 202294 Fairway Sandfields SA12 7HP
Received 19 Sept 202230 Windsor Village Aberavon SA12 7EU
Received 20 Sept 202277 Church Road Seven Sisters Neath SA10 9DT
Received 21 Sept 20223 Park Field Tonna Neath SA11 3JN
Received 22 Sept 2022Land North Of Bevin Avenue Sandfields Port Talbot SA12 6JU
Received 22 Sept 202249 Manor Street Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1AB
Received 21 Sept 20221 Glan Hafren Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8TW
Received 23 Sept 20225 Park Street Glyncorrwg SA13 3DS
Received 24 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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