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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4,417 approved · 197 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
23 Rhiwlas Waunceirch Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7RB
Received 5 Dec 2023Land At Rhigos Road Hirwaun
Received 4 Dec 2023Rheola Estate Lane From Glyn Neath Road To Rheola House Resolven Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 4DT
Received 5 Dec 2023Bryncoed Farm Starvin Hill Crynant Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 8PP
Received 5 Dec 202345 Burrows Road Skewen SA10 6AE
Received 6 Dec 2023116 Old Road Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8LL
Received 5 Dec 202399 Bryn Morgrug Alltwen Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 3DP
Received 6 Dec 20231 Kenilworth Court Baglan Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 8NN
Received 6 Dec 202377 Brookfield Neath Abbey SA10 7EH
Received 6 Dec 2023Brynawelon Lane Between Waterfall Road Neath Road And Pentwyn Road Resolven SA11 4EF
Received 7 Dec 2023Briton Ferry Llansawel AFC Old Road Neath SA11 2BS
Received 7 Dec 2023The Brambles 5 Varteg Row Bryn Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2RF
Received 7 Dec 2023The Brambles 5 Varteg Row Bryn Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2RF
Received 7 Dec 20234 Sunny Bank Glyncorrwg SA13 3BU
Received 8 Dec 20231 Pant Celydd Margam SA13 2DJ
Received 8 Dec 202316 Church Road Baglan SA12 8SS
Received 8 Dec 202388 Cimla Crescent Cimla SA11 3NP
Received 11 Dec 2023167 Longford Road Longford SA10 7HL
Received 11 Dec 202323 Llewellyn Avenue Neath SA10 7AL
Received 11 Dec 20238 Poplars Avenue Cimla SA11 3NS
Received 11 Dec 202324 Bryn Road Cwmllynfell Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA9 2FJ
Received 11 Dec 202333 Border Road Sandfields SA12 7EB
Received 11 Dec 2023Cwm Nant Lleci Quarry Gellifowy Road Ynysmeudwy Pontardawe Swansea Neath Port Talbot SA8 4TU
Received 12 Dec 2023Land At Briton Ferry Car Wash Neath Road Briton Ferry SA11 2AX
Received 12 Dec 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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