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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669 approved · 55 refused · 30 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
13 Triscombe Drive Llandaff Cardiff CF5 2PN
Received 2 Apr 20262 Windermere Avenue Cyncoed Cardiff CF23 5PQ
Received 7 Apr 202654 St Malo Road Heath Cardiff CF14 4HN
Received 7 Apr 2026116 Broadway Adamsdown Cardiff CF24 1NJ
Received 7 Apr 2026106 Roath Court Road Roath Cardiff CF24 3SF
Received 7 Apr 202687 Marlborough Road Roath Cardiff CF23 5BW
Received 7 Apr 2026220 City Road Roath Cardiff CF24 3JH
Received 7 Apr 2026Cardiff Draconians Fc Changing Rooms Lydstep Park Llanidloes Road Llandaff North Cardiff CF14 2ST
Received 7 Apr 202613 Fitzhamon Embankment Riverside Cardiff CF11 6AN
Received 7 Apr 2026Multi Storey Car Park Stuart Street Butetown Cardiff CF10 5BW
Received 7 Apr 202634 North Rise Llanishen Cardiff CF14 0RN
Received 8 Apr 20263 Ash Tree Close Radyr Cardiff CF15 8RX
Received 8 Apr 20262 Newborough Avenue Llanishen Cardiff CF14 5BY
Received 8 Apr 20262 Newborough Avenue Llanishen Cardiff CF14 5BY
Received 8 Apr 2026109 - 119 Queen Street Cathays Cardiff CF10 2BH
Received 8 Apr 20264 - 5 Mill Lane Cathays Cardiff CF10 1FL
Received 8 Apr 2026Cartref 85 - 91 Station Road Llanishen Cardiff CF14 5UU
Received 8 Apr 202638 Hirst Crescent Fairwater Cardiff CF5 3LH
Received 1 Apr 202633 Timbers Square Roath Cardiff CF24 3SH
Received 8 Apr 2026Hansen Court Heol Glan Rheidol Butetown Cardiff
Received 8 Apr 202660 Windsor Avenue Radyr Cardiff CF15 8BY
Received 9 Apr 2026St Davids Primary School Bryn Celyn Pentwyn Cardiff CF23 7ED
Received 9 Apr 2026Queen Alexandra House Ferry Road Grangetown Cardiff
Received 9 Apr 20264 Glenwood Llanedeyrn Cardiff CF23 6UR
Received 10 Apr 2026Records 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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