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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4,421 approved · 197 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Neath Vale Supplier Park Cafe Neath Vale Supplier Park Access Road Resolven Neath Port Talbot SA11 4SR
Received 5 Jun 202518 Pen Y Cae Road Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 2EL
Received 6 Jun 20256 Dolphin Place Sandfields Neath Port Talbot SA12 7EG
Received 10 Jun 2025Capel-y-glyn Independent Chapel Heol Y Glyn Glynneath Neath Port Talbot
Received 10 Jun 202529 Greenwood Road Baglan Neath Port Talbot SA12 8PR
Received 10 Jun 202543 Ocean View Jersey Marine Neath Port Talbot SA10 6JN
Received 12 Jun 2025Land Off Tabernacle Terrace Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9HS
Received 12 Jun 2025Jetty Road Port Talbot Steelworks Margam Moors Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot
Received 12 Jun 2025Jetty Road Port Talbot Steelworks Margam Moors Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot
Received 12 Jun 2025Jetty Road Port Talbot Steelworks Margam Moors Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot
Received 12 Jun 2025Jetty Road Port Talbot Steelworks Margam Moors Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot
Received 12 Jun 2025Harbour Way Margam Moors Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot
Received 12 Jun 202538 - 42 Wind Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3HA
Received 12 Jun 2025Resolven Park Vaughan Avenue Resolven Neath Port Talbot
Received 12 Jun 20253 New Street Godre'r Graig Neath Port Talbot SA9 2DB
Received 12 Jun 202548 Wind Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 3EN
Received 12 Jun 202565 Alltywerin Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 4ND
Received 13 Jun 2025Margam Green Energy Plant Harbour Way Margam Port Talbot SA13 2NU
Received 17 Jun 202540 Pentwyn Baglan Road Baglan Neath Port Talbot SA12 8EB
Received 17 Jun 2025Coedffranc Primary School Stanley Road Skewen Neath Port Talbot SA10 6LP
Received 17 Jun 202544 Dynevor Avenue Neath Neath Port Talbot SA10 7AH
Received 17 Jun 2025Eagle House 2 Talbot Road Port Talbot SA13 1DH
Received 18 Jun 202583 Longford Road Longford Neath Port Talbot SA10 7HF
Received 18 Jun 20257 Ten Acre Wood Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2SU
Received 18 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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