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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669 approved · 55 refused · 30 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
66 Windermere Avenue Cyncoed Cardiff CF23 5PS
Received 28 Aug 20262 Pitman Street Pontcanna Cardiff CF11 9DJ
Received 31 Aug 202635 Chamberlain Road Llandaff North Cardiff CF14 2LW
Received 31 Aug 202614 Trem Y Rhyd St Fagans Cardiff CF5 6FW
Received 31 Aug 202612 Seymour Street Splott Cardiff CF24 2NQ
Received 31 Aug 202648 May Street Cathays Cardiff CF24 4EX
Received 31 Aug 202656 Crwys Road Cathays Cardiff CF24 4NN
Received 31 Aug 20262 Pitman Street Pontcanna Cardiff CF11 9DJ
Received 1 Sept 2026160 Heol Llanishen Fach Rhiwbina Cardiff CF14 6RG
Received 1 Sept 2026Plot 5 Parmer Waterside Pierhead Street Butetown Cardiff
Received 1 Sept 2026125 Maindy Road Cathays Cardiff CF24 4HN
Received 1 Sept 20261 Churchill Villas Churchill Way Cathays Cardiff CF10 2EA
Received 27 Aug 202619 Grange Place Grangetown Cardiff CF11 7DB
Received 25 Aug 2026Ty Mawr Farm Graig Road Lisvane Cardiff CF14 0UF
Received 1 Sept 2026Land At Queens Road South & Longships Road Queens Road South Cardiff CF10 4LL
Received 1 Sept 2026Park House Club 20 Park Place Cathays Cardiff CF10 3DQ
Received 2 Sept 2026Pavement Outside Aldi Supermarket Caerphilly Road Heath Cardiff CF14 4QF
Received 2 Sept 2026The Padel Club Stride Parc Parc Ty Glas CF14 5DX
Received 2 Sept 202646 Duffryn Avenue Cyncoed Cardiff CF23 6JL
Received 3 Sept 202614 Cotswold Avenue Lisvane Cardiff CF14 0TA
Received 3 Sept 2026150 Western Avenue North Llandaff North Cardiff CF14 2SD
Received 3 Sept 202645 Heol Nant Glandulas Lisvane Cardiff CF14 0PQ
Received 28 Aug 202615 Hill-snook Road Ely Cardiff CF5 5DD
Received 3 Sept 2026166 - 168 Cathedral Road Pontcanna Cardiff CF11 9JD
Received 3 Sept 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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