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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4,421 approved · 197 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
1 Percy Road Cynonville Neath Port Talbot SA13 3HL
Received 1 Jul 2025Land To The West Of Cwmgors On Mynydd Uchaf Adjoining Community Wind Turbines
Received 2 Jul 2025Llangatwg Comprehensive School Main Road Cadoxton SA10 8DB
Received 3 Jul 202588 Dulais Road Seven Sisters Neath Port Talbot SA10 9ES
Received 4 Jul 202535 Ridgeway Lane Llandarcy Neath Port Talbot SA10 6FY
Received 6 Jul 20251 Cwrt Y Defaid Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2TF
Received 4 Jul 2025102 Graig Road Gellinudd Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3DS
Received 8 Jul 202512 Tymaen Crescent Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9EA
Received 8 Jul 2025Burrows Yard Water Street Aberavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 6LL
Received 9 Jul 2025Jetty Road Port Talbot Steelworks Margam Moors Port Talbot
Received 9 Jul 2025Stationery House Acacia Avenue Sandfields SA12 7DP
Received 10 Jul 202594 Brooklyn Gardens Aberavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 7PD
Received 10 Jul 202538 Prettyman Drive Llandarcy Neath Port Talbot SA10 6HZ
Received 11 Jul 202539 Highland Gardens Neath Abbey Neath Port Talbot SA10 6PJ
Received 11 Jul 20251 Furnace Terrace Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 2EE
Received 11 Jul 2025Land At Port Talbot Steelworks Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot
Received 11 Jul 2025Land Adjacent To 6 Prettyman Drive Llandarcy Neath Port Talbot SA10 6HZ
Received 14 Jul 202535 Green Street Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1DB
Received 15 Jul 2025Heritage Gate Coed Darcy Neath SA10 6HZ
Received 16 Jul 2025Llys Y Gwynt 17 Pen Y Graig Road Alltwen Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3BS
Received 8 Jul 2025Land at Port Talbot Steelworks, Port Talbot
Received 16 Jul 2025Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 16 Jul 2025Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 16 Jul 2025Port Talbot Steelworks Grange Road Margam Neath Port Talbot SA13 2NG
Received 16 Jul 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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