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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.
4,421 approved · 197 refused · 305 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jul 2013 to 1 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
Avondale Terrace C250 From Cymmer To Glyncorrwg Cymmer SA13 3LU
Received 9 May 2025Land At Upper Lliw Swansea
Received 9 May 2025101 Talbot Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1LA
Received 9 May 20251 Highbury Court Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1TX
Received 9 May 2025Plot 6 Old School Court Neath Road Bryn Port Talbot SA13 2BJ
Received 10 May 202562 Darren Wen Baglan Neath Port Talbot SA12 8YN
Received 12 May 2025Land Forming Part Of Pen Cae'r Lan Farm Lane From Dulais Road To Pen Cae'r Lan Farm Seven Sisters Neath Port Talbot SA10 9EP
Received 8 May 2025105 Caeglas Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9AZ
Received 12 May 2025Croeserw Community Centre Bryn Siriol Croeserw Cymmer SA13 3PL
Received 12 May 202562 Old Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2BU
Received 12 May 202514 Heol Mabon Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9PD
Received 13 May 202546 Ynys Y Gored Velindre Neath Port Talbot SA13 2EB
Received 13 May 20252 Carlyle Street Briton Ferry Neath Port Talbot SA11 2LB
Received 11 May 2025Garages To The Rear Of Coronation House, Carmarthen House, Cardigan House And Moorland Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA12 6JJ
Received 13 May 202514 Darran Park Neath Abbey Neath Port Talbot SA10 6PY
Received 13 May 20258 Thorney Road Baglan Neath Port Talbot SA12 8LW
Received 14 May 2025Plot 40 Forest Lodge Lane Cwmafan Neath Port Talbot SA13 2RX
Received 14 May 2025113 Village Gardens Aberavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 7LR
Received 14 May 202519 Glan Hafren Baglan Neath Port Talbot SA12 8TW
Received 14 May 202513 Godfrey Avenue Glynneath Neath Port Talbot SA11 5HF
Received 14 May 2025Land At The Former Tudor Inn Cae Rhys Ddu Road Cimla Neath SA11 1JA
Received 14 May 2025Muga Adjacent To Afan Lido Football Club The Princess Margaret Way Aberavon Neath Port Talbot
Received 15 May 202520 Heol Cynfeli Rhos Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3FD
Received 15 May 2025Stationery House Acacia Avenue Sandfields Neath Port Talbot SA12 7DP
Received 16 May 2025Records 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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