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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 Carmarthenshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,084 approved · 785 refused · 127 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 May 2022 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land adjacent to Spring Gardens, Whitland
Received 10 Sept 2025School House, Church Lane, Newcastle Emlyn, SA38 9AB
Received 10 Sept 20255 Wern Ddu Road, Ammanford, SA18 2NE
Received 10 Sept 2025School House, Church Lane, Newcastle Emlyn, SA38 9AB
Received 10 Sept 20254 Is Y Llan, Llanddarog, Carmarthen, SA32 8NX
Received 11 Sept 20256 Is Y Llan, Llanddarog, Carmarthen, SA32 8NX
Received 11 Sept 2025To the rear of Crescent Road, Llandeilo, SA19 6HL
Received 11 Sept 202577 Brynawelon, Llanelli, SA14 8RA
Received 12 Sept 2025The Moorings, Llangain, Carmarthen, SA33 5AT
Received 12 Sept 2025Land at Cross Hands Business Park East, Cross Hands, Llanelli
Received 12 Sept 202522 Mansel Street, Burry Port, SA16 0BD
Received 12 Sept 2025Swiss Valley Farm, Felinfoel, Llanelli, SA14 8LZ
Received 12 Sept 20259-10 Guildhall Square, Carmarthen, SA31 1PW
Received 12 Sept 20259-10 Guildhall Square, Carmarthen, SA31 1PW
Received 12 Sept 202516 Vaughan Street, Llanelli, SA15 3TY
Received 12 Sept 2025Awelfryn, Llanboidy, Whitland, SA34 0DD
Received 12 Sept 2025Phase 2 of Development of 15 Bungalows, Rear of Park View Drive, Kidwelly
Received 12 Sept 2025Prenteg, Heol Smyrna, Llangain, Carmarthen, SA33 5AD
Received 15 Sept 202516 Vaughan Street, Llanelli, SA15 3TY
Received 15 Sept 2025Verge at Betws Park Workshops, Park Street, Ammanford
Received 15 Sept 202516 Vaughan Street, Llanelli, SA15 3TY
Received 12 Sept 2025Little Cwm, Red Roses, SA34 0PA
Received 15 Sept 20253 Heol Beili Glas, Llanelli, SA14 8DT
Received 15 Sept 2025Smithfield House, St John Street, Whitland, SA34 0AW
Received 16 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 Carmarthenshire County 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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