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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land at the former Afan Lido and Car Park Aberavon Seafront Port Talbot
Received 7 Oct 202229 Cadoxton Terrace Main Road Cadoxton SA10 8BR
Received 7 Oct 2022Land West Of Tennant Grove Skewen Neath SA10 6ES
Received 10 Oct 2022131 Graig Road Godre'r Graig Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2NY
Received 3 Oct 202232 Brynhyfryd Road Briton Ferry SA11 2HT
Received 11 Oct 2022BRYNGOLWG FARM RHIGOS ROAD HIRWAUN ABERDARE CF44 9UG
Received 10 Oct 202210 Cefn Parc Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6YR
Received 12 Oct 20221 Woodland Road Glyncorrwg Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3BS
Received 12 Oct 2022Land Off Meadow Road Eaglesbush Valley Neath SA11 2AF
Received 12 Oct 202245 Burrows Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6AE
Received 13 Oct 2022Land At Mardon Park Central Avenue Baglan SA12 7AX
Received 14 Oct 202252 Sitwell Way Sandfields Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6BP
Received 12 Oct 2022Brombil House Brombil Access Road Margam SA13 2SR
Received 14 Oct 2022105 Main Road Bryncoch SA10 7TL
Received 14 Oct 20229 Brecon Road Pontardawe SA8 4PA
Received 17 Oct 202237 Abbey Road Port Talbot SA13 1HB
Received 18 Oct 20229 Primrose Lane Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3ES
Received 18 Oct 202237 Darran Park Neath Abbey SA10 6PX
Received 18 Oct 20227 Dan Y Coed Cwmavon SA12 9NH
Received 18 Oct 2022128 Abbottsmoor Aberavon SA12 6DT
Received 19 Oct 2022127 London Road Neath SA11 1HF
Received 19 Oct 2022Ysgol Gymraeg Ystalyfera Ynysydarren Road Ystalyfera SA9 2DY
Received 19 Oct 2022Llandarcy Academy Of Sport Access Road To Llandarcy Village Llandarcy SA10 6JD
Received 19 Oct 202245 Bethesda Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe SA8 4QQ
Received 20 Oct 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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