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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669 approved · 55 refused · 30 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
47 Lisvane Street Cathays Cardiff CF24 4LH
Received 16 Sept 2026332 Newport Road Penylan Cardiff CF24 1RT
Received 16 Sept 2026University Hall Birchwood Lane, Penylan Cardiff CF23 5LH
Received 16 Sept 2026220 - 228 Penarth Road Leckwith Cardiff CF11 8TA
Received 16 Sept 202632 Bridge Street Llandaff Cardiff CF5 2EL
Received 17 Sept 20263 Bridge Street Llandaff Cardiff CF5 2EJ
Received 17 Sept 202610 Alltmawr Road Cyncoed Cardiff CF23 6NQ
Received 17 Sept 20263 Llwyn Y Pia Road Lisvane Cardiff CF14 0SX
Received 17 Sept 2026Mildenhall 7 Heol St Denys Lisvane Cardiff CF14 0RU
Received 18 Sept 202660 St Michael's Road Llandaff Cardiff CF5 2AQ
Received 18 Sept 202620 Plasturton Avenue Pontcanna Cardiff CF11 9HH
Received 18 Sept 2026100 Bishop's Road Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 1LY
Received 18 Sept 2026195 Heol Trelai Caerau Cardiff CF5 5LF
Received 18 Sept 202626 Milestone Close Heath Cardiff CF14 4NQ
Received 18 Sept 2026Radyr Golf Club Drysgol Road Radyr Cardiff CF15 8BS
Received 18 Sept 202610 Sneyd Street Pontcanna Cardiff CF11 9DL
Received 21 Sept 202651 Wyeverne Road Cathays Cardiff CF24 4BG
Received 21 Sept 20261 Dan-y-bryn Avenue Radyr Cardiff CF15 8DB
Received 21 Sept 2026First Floor 1 Caspian Point Caspian Way Butetown Cardiff CF10 4DQ
Received 21 Sept 2026Melrose Hall Cypress Drive Trowbridge Cardiff CF3 0YZ
Received 21 Sept 2026177 Richmond Road Roath Cardiff CF24 3BT
Received 16 Sept 2026Penhill House Llandaff Road Canton Cardiff CF11 9PX
Received 16 Sept 202653 Ton-yr-ywen Avenue Heath Cardiff CF14 4NZ
Received 22 Sept 20269 Pen-y-dre Rhiwbina Cardiff CF14 6EH
Received 16 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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