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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 West Of Neath Road (A474) And North Of Bryn Celyn, Fforest Goch Fforest Goch Pontadawe SA8 3JB
Received 3 Aug 2023Land At The Former Afan Lido Site And Adjacent Car Park Aberavon Seafront Port Talbot
Received 3 Aug 2023Camelot Graig Road Godre'r Graig SA9 2NX
Received 4 Aug 2023Brynteg Water Street Margam Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2PA
Received 4 Aug 202362 Main Road Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7TL
Received 4 Aug 2023Ynysmeudwy Arms 168 Ynysmeudwy Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4QJ
Received 4 Aug 2023Ynysmeudwy Arms 168 Ynysmeudwy Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4QJ
Received 4 Aug 2023Port Talbot Steel Works Margam Port Talbot
Received 7 Aug 2023Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam SA13 2NG
Received 7 Aug 2023The Orangery, Margam Country Park, Water Street, Margam, SA13 2TJ
Received 8 Aug 2023Upper Ogmore Valley Between Blaengwynfi, Nantymoel & Blaengarw Bridgend & Neath Port Talbot CF32 8AH
Received 8 Aug 202350 Brecon Road Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4PD
Received 9 Aug 2023Tirbach House Tirbach Drive Rhos Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EG
Received 9 Aug 202319 Prettyman Drive Llandarcy Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6HZ
Received 9 Aug 202317 Bryn Derwen Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4LF
Received 8 Aug 2023Saron Independent Chapel Main Road Crynant Neath Port Talbot
Received 9 Aug 2023Swansea University Bay Campus Fabian Way Crymlyn Burrows SA1 8EN
Received 11 Aug 2023111 Cimla Road Cimla Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3UE
Received 11 Aug 2023Unit 10 Milland Road Industrial Estate Neath SA11 1NJ
Received 11 Aug 2023123 Albion Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8DD
Received 11 Aug 202331 Orchard Street Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4ER
Received 12 Aug 2023Land To The East Side Of Tyla Morris Farm, Pant Howell Ddu Road, Ynysmaerdy Neath
Received 13 Aug 2023Varteg Row Bryn Port Talbot SA13 2RF
Received 14 Aug 202354 Greenwood Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8PF
Received 14 Aug 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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