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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Silver Avenue Sandfields SA12 7RU
Received 20 Oct 20226 James Street Pontardawe SA8 4LR
Received 21 Oct 2022Market Chambers The Parade Neath SA11 1PU
Received 21 Oct 2022The British Lion Pwll Y Glaw Cwmavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9HD
Received 21 Oct 2022Petrol Filling Station Western Avenue Sandfields SA12 7PE
Received 24 Oct 2022Land At Pen Y Bryn Croeserw Cymmer Port Talbot
Received 24 Oct 2022Coed Bach Woodlands, Lon Glynfelin Longford Neath
Received 25 Oct 2022Land At The Junction Of Dulais Road And Nant Y Cafn Business Park Seven Sisters Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 9EY
Received 6 Dec 2022Hirfynydd Renewable Energy Park Land To The East Of Crynant Neath Port Talbot
Received 25 Oct 2022Land At Baglan Bay Retail Park Afan Way Port Talbot SA12 7BZ
Received 26 Oct 2022Llandarcy Academy Of Sport Access Road To Llandarcy Village Llandarcy SA10 6JD
Received 26 Oct 202216 Church Road Baglan SA12 8SS
Received 27 Oct 2022238 Swansea Road Trebanos Pontardawe SA8 4BY
Received 27 Oct 202240 Henfaes Road Tonna SA11 3EZ
Received 28 Oct 2022121 Heol Cae Gurwen Gwaun Cae Gurwen SA18 1PD
Received 28 Oct 20223 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1LN
Received 28 Oct 20223 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1LN
Received 28 Oct 20223 Windsor Road Neath SA11 1LN
Received 28 Oct 20223 Heol Las Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe SA8 4PR
Received 30 Oct 2022Land At Rear Of Cwmgors Primary School Uplands
Received 31 Oct 2022Land At Baglan Bay Retail Park Afan Way Port Talbot SA12 7BZ
Received 31 Oct 2022Brynderwen 37 Derwen Road Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3AU
Received 31 Oct 2022The Builders Yard Farmers Road Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7FD
Received 31 Oct 2022Ocean View House 191 Victoria Road Sandfields SA12 6QJ
Received 1 Nov 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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