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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adjacent To 35 New Road Ynysmeudwy Swansea SA8 4PD
Received 24 Nov 20221-2 Chapel House Lloyds Terrace Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3HU
Received 24 Nov 20227 Aberdare Road Glynneath SA11 5HY
Received 26 Nov 202217 Mozart Drive Sandfields SA12 7UA
Received 27 Nov 20226 Seaward Close Sandfields SA12 7LU
Received 28 Nov 202225 St Marys Close Briton Ferry SA11 2JU
Received 28 Nov 2022Crymlyn Burrows footpath access track parallel to Crymlyn Way at the south-west end of the wooded block.
Received 28 Nov 2022Plot 4 Land North Of Maes Ty Canol Baglan Port Talbot SA12 8US
Received 29 Nov 20222 Crofton Drive Baglan SA12 8UL
Received 29 Nov 2022Plot 5 Land North Of Maes Ty Canol Baglan SA12 8US
Received 30 Nov 202240 Victoria Gardens Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3BH
Received 30 Nov 202254 Neath Road Rhos Pontardawe SA8 3EB
Received 30 Nov 202226-34 Church Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8ST
Received 1 Dec 2022Tesco Supermarket Prior Street Port Talbot SA13 1YA
Received 2 Dec 20221-2 Commercial Buildings Talbot Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1DR
Received 2 Dec 2022Brynsiriol 9 Ten Acre Wood Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2SU
Received 2 Dec 202217 Grange Street Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1EN
Received 2 Dec 2022Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 2 Dec 2022Site Of Proposed Neath Port Talbot Harbourside College Land South Of The A4241 Port Talbot SA13 1RS
Received 2 Dec 2022Land Adjacent To Csn Precision Engineering Neath Abbey Road Neath SA10 7BR
Received 5 Dec 202233 Church Street Pontardawe SA8 4JB
Received 5 Dec 2022Cwm Nant Lleici Quarry Gellifowy Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4QE
Received 5 Dec 202263A Herbert Street Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4ED
Received 5 Dec 202224 Bryn Road Cwmllynfell SA9 2FJ
Received 6 Dec 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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