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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4,421 approved · 197 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 29 May 2025Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 29 May 2025Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 29 May 2025Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 29 May 2025Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 29 May 2025Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 29 May 202563 Heol Cae Gurwen Gwaun Cae Gurwen Neath Port Talbot SA18 1HG
Received 29 May 2025St Dyfrigs School Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2DA
Received 29 May 202561 Sitwell Way Sandfields Neath Port Talbot SA12 6BH
Received 29 May 2025Land To The West Of Mount Road Rhigos Aberdare CF44 9YS
Received 29 May 20256 Queen Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1DL
Received 29 May 2025Coed Parc Lodge Coed Parc Development Access Road Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9BZ
Received 30 May 2025Tycoch Farm Lane From Leiros Parc Drive To Tycoch Farm Rhyddings Neath Port Talbot SA10 8ED
Received 30 May 202535 Thomas Street Aberavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 6LT
Received 2 Jun 2025Land Adjacent To 70 Main Road Crynant Neath Port Talbot SA10 8NT
Received 2 Jun 202591 Ridgewood Gardens Cimla Neath Port Talbot SA11 3QX
Received 2 Jun 202562 Darren Wen Baglan Neath Port Talbot SA12 8YN
Received 3 Jun 20251 Chapel House Lloyds Terrace Cymmer Neath Port Talbot SA13 3HU
Received 28 May 2025Land At Neath Abbey Industrial Park Neath Abbey Neath Port Talbot
Received 3 Jun 2025St Thomas Church Church Place Neath Neath Port Talbot
Received 4 Jun 2025Former Clun Primary School Lletty Dafydd Clyne Neath Port Talbot SA11 4BW
Received 4 Jun 2025Unit 1-2 Brunel Industrial Estate Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9DE
Received 5 Jun 2025Gnoll Estate Country Park Fairyland Neath Neath Port Talbot
Received 5 Jun 2025Dynevor Arms Dynevor Terrace Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 4HX
Received 5 Jun 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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