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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 Cardiff Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
669 approved · 55 refused · 30 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Nov 2018 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
Flat 2 55 Pencisely Road Canton Cardiff CF5 1DH
Received 28 Sept 202285 Shirley Road Roath Cardiff CF23 5HL
Received 17 Aug 2023Disused Quarry Hill Lodge Newport Road Rumney Cardiff CF3 5TW
Received 23 Aug 2023Plasdwr North West Cardiff Cardiff CF5 3RD
Received 3 Nov 2023Phase 2D Churchlands Land North And East Of Lisvane Lisvane Cardiff
Received 13 Nov 2023121 Richards Street Cathays Cardiff CF24 4DD
Received 31 Jan 202488 - 90 Lake Road East Cyncoed Cardiff CF23 5NP
Received 19 Mar 202432 Llandennis Road Cyncoed Cardiff CF23 6EG
Received 2 Apr 2024127 Carisbrooke Way Penylan Cardiff CF23 9HU
Received 22 Apr 2024Merchant Place And Corys Building 3 Bute Place And 57 Bute Street Butetown Cardiff CF10 5AD
Received 3 Jul 202454 Heol Cefn Onn Lisvane Cardiff CF14 0TQ
Received 18 Jul 2024Land Adjacent To Malthouse Cottage St Mellons Road Pontprennau Cardiff CF14 0SH
Received 9 Sept 202414 High Street Cathays Cardiff CF10 1AX
Received 21 Oct 2024Phase 4A Of Land North Of Junction 33 Of The M4 Cardiff
Received 29 Oct 2024Land At Lower Barn Radyr Farm Road Radyr Cardiff CF15 8EL
Received 30 Oct 202414 High Street Cathays Cardiff CF10 1AX
Received 11 Dec 2024Rear Of 50 Walker Road Splott Cardiff CF24 2EN
Received 30 Jan 2025Phase 3 Land To The North Of M4 Junction 33 Creigiau Cardiff
Received 17 Mar 2025Insole Court Fairwater Road Llandaff Cardiff CF5 2LN
Received 24 Mar 20259 Summerfield Avenue Gabalfa Cardiff CF14 3QA
Received 24 Apr 202514 St Peter's Street Roath Cardiff CF24 3BA
Received 28 Apr 202551 - 59 Penarth Road Butetown Cardiff CF10 5DL
Received 2 May 2025Cardiff Steiner Early Years Centre Ltd Hawthorn Road West Llandaff North Cardiff CF14 2FL
Received 12 May 2025Rear Of 111-112 Clifton Street Adamsdown Cardiff
Received 23 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 Cardiff 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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