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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Adj To 1 Lansbury Avenue Margam SA13 2LE
Received 30 Jan 20236 Green Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1DR
Received 31 Jan 2023Land At Baglan Way Port Talbot
Received 31 Jan 2023Land At Baglan Way Port Talbot
Received 31 Jan 2023Land At Baglan Way Port Talbot
Received 31 Jan 2023Land At Baglan Way Port Talbot
Received 31 Jan 2023Tegfan 18 Efail Fach Pontrhydyfen Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 9TY
Received 1 Feb 2023Tairysgol 93 Pen Yr Alltwen Alltwen Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EA
Received 3 Feb 2023Bulldogs Gym Fenbrook Close Aberavon SA12 7PA
Received 3 Feb 20239 Gwilym Road Cwmllynfell Swansea SA9 2GH
Received 4 Feb 202315 Baglan Heights Baglan SA12 8UF
Received 6 Feb 20231A King Street Port Talbot SA13 1AY
Received 6 Feb 2023Tanyrallt Graig Road Gwaun Cae Gurwen SA18 1EH
Received 5 Feb 202341 Pontneathvaughan Road Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5NS
Received 6 Feb 2023Land Adjacent To Coop Store (Formerly Lamb And Flag Public House) Main Road Bryncoch Neath SA10 7TW
Received 6 Feb 2023Land at the Former Afan Lido Site and adjacent Car Park The Princess Margaret Way Port Talbot
Received 6 Feb 2023Tesco Car Park Gwyn's Place Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3AZ
Received 6 Feb 20238 Morgan Street Trebanos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4DW
Received 8 Feb 20231-2 Chapel House Lloyds Terrace Cymmer Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 3HU
Received 7 Feb 2023Tesco Supermarket A4067 From Glais To Pontardawe Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3AZ
Received 8 Feb 2023Tesco Supermarket A4067 From Glais To Pontardawe Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3AZ
Received 8 Feb 2023Tesco Supermarket A4067 From Glais To Pontardawe Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3AZ
Received 8 Feb 2023Tesco Supermarket A4067 From Glais To Pontardawe Alltwen Pontardawe SA8 3AZ
Received 8 Feb 2023Land Adj Red Dragon Hotel Moorland Road Port Talbot SA12 6JZ
Received 8 Feb 2023Records 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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