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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4,421 approved · 197 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
26 Westernmoor Road Neath Neath Port Talbot SA11 1BQ
Received 5 Sept 2025Gnoll Estate Country Park Fairyland Neath SA11 3BS
Received 8 Sept 2025104 Neath Road Resolven Neath Port Talbot SA11 4AR
Received 8 Sept 202515 Fernlea Park Bryncoch Neath Port Talbot SA10 7SU
Received 8 Sept 20254 Ravens Court Cimla Neath Port Talbot SA11 3SX
Received 9 Sept 202519 Ffordd Derwen Coed Hirwaun Neath Port Talbot SA13 2TX
Received 9 Sept 2025Former Briton Ferry Health Centre Hunter Street Briton Ferry Neath Port Talbot SA11 2SF
Received 9 Sept 2025115 Shelone Road Briton Ferry Neath Port Talbot SA11 2NE
Received 9 Sept 2025Unit 14 Seaway Parade Industrial Estate Baglan Neath Port Talbot SA12 7BR
Received 9 Sept 2025Stationery House Acacia Avenue Sandfields SA12 7DP
Received 9 Sept 202514 Williams Avenue Resolven Neath Port Talbot SA11 4AD
Received 10 Sept 202554 Parc Wern Skewen Neath Port Talbot SA10 6AX
Received 11 Sept 2025Whittington Arms Park Street Tonna Neath Port Talbot SA11 3JF
Received 11 Sept 2025Dream Fields Lane From B4290 To Gelli Bwch Farm Jersey Marine Neath Port Talbot SA10 6JU
Received 11 Sept 2025Cwmavon Childcare Unit Waun Wen Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9TB
Received 11 Sept 202519 Heol Y Nant Rhos Pontardawe Neath Port Talbot SA8 3EQ
Received 12 Sept 20252 Ynys Arwed Cottages Neath Road Abergarwed Neath Port Talbot SA11 4DF
Received 12 Sept 202535 Woodlands Park Drive Cadoxton Neath Port Talbot SA10 8DE
Received 14 Sept 202563 & 65 Main Road Bryncoch SA10 7TA
Received 15 Sept 2025Natural Resources Wales Forest Borrow Pit At Mynydd Dinas Forest 8121Q Mynydd Dinas Forest Baglan Port Talbot SA12 9HU
Received 15 Sept 202560 Park Street Lower Brynamman Neath Port Talbot SA18 1TG
Received 15 Sept 2025Unit B Aberafan Shopping Centre Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot SA13 1PB
Received 16 Sept 2025Baglan Rugby Football Club Thorney Road Baglan SA12 8LW
Received 17 Sept 20259 High Street Cwmavon Neath Port Talbot SA12 9BH
Received 17 Sept 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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