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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Bryncoed Farm Starvin Hill Crynant Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8PP
Received 22 Sept 2023Seaway Parade Industrial Estate Baglan SA12 7BR
Received 22 Sept 202330 Darran Park Neath Abbey Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6PY
Received 22 Sept 2023Gnoll House And Cellar Remains Gnoll Estate Country Park Fairyland Neath Neath Port Talbot
Received 25 Sept 202328 Michna Street Aberavon Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6UH
Received 26 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To Neath Road Resolven Neath
Received 26 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To Neath Road Resolven Neath
Received 27 Sept 202326 Dulais Drive Aberdulais Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8HB
Received 28 Sept 2023Clydach Brook Aqueduct Resolven Neath Neath Port Talbot
Received 28 Sept 2023113 Crymlyn Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6DT
Received 29 Sept 20236 Curwen Terrace Tonmawr Road Tonmawr SA12 9UE
Received 30 Sept 2023Land Adjacent To Dulais Rock Inn Main Road Aberdulais Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8EY
Received 2 Oct 2023Langland 17 Caerhendy Afan Valley Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2HA
Received 3 Oct 2023Ty Coeden Coch Addoldy Road Glynneath Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5DU
Received 3 Oct 202345 Cloda Avenue Bryncoch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7FH
Received 3 Oct 2023Baglan Power Station Road From Central Avenue To Power Station Baglan Energy Park SA12 7GE
Received 3 Oct 2023Unit 2 Winifred Road Skewen Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 6HP
Received 3 Oct 202335 Parish Road Blaengwrach Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5SW
Received 3 Oct 202346 Wind Street Neath SA11 3EN
Received 4 Oct 2023Unit 9 Gym Quay Road Neath SA11 1SL
Received 4 Oct 202380 Windsor Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1NR
Received 5 Oct 20232 Pant Y Rhedyn Coed Hirwaun Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2SZ
Received 6 Oct 2023Swansea University Bay Campus Fabian Way Crymlyn Burrows SA1 8EN
Received 6 Oct 202325 Lewis Road Crynant Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8SD
Received 7 Oct 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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