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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4,084 approved · 784 refused · 127 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 at Dolau Ffin, Maesquarre Road, Betws, Ammanford
Received 3 Jul 2025Land part of Wern Fraith Farm, Porthyrhyd, Carmarthen, SA32 8PT
Received 4 Jul 2025Pendine Sands Holiday Park, Marsh Road, Pendine, Carmarthen, SA33 4NZ
Received 4 Jul 2025Nat West Bank, 59 King Street, Carmarthen, SA31 1AN
Received 4 Jul 2025Plot adjacent to Hollybrook, Ffynnondrain, Carmarthen, SA33 6EE
Received 4 Jul 202528 Sandfield Road, Burry Port, SA16 0LL
Received 4 Jul 2025Nat West Bank, 59 King Street, Carmarthen, SA31 1AN
Received 4 Jul 2025Land Opposite 7 Orchard Close, Burry Port
Received 4 Jul 2025Capel Gwyn, Whitemill, Carmarthen
Received 4 Jul 2025Stebonheath Park, Evans Terrace, Llanelli, SA15 1EY
Received 4 Jul 2025Teifi Sawmills, Llandysul Industrial Estate, Llandysul, SA44 4AE
Received 7 Jul 2025Llynddwr Uchaf, Pencader, SA39 9HL
Received 7 Jul 20255 High Street, Llandovery, SA20 0PU
Received 7 Jul 2025Land to rear of 53A Carmarthen Road, Cross Hands, Llanelli, SA14 6SU
Received 7 Jul 202521 King Street, Carmarthen, SA31 1BH
Received 7 Jul 2025Storfa Williams Containers, Velindre, Llandysul, SA44 5UG
Received 7 Jul 2025Land at Penclawdd, Rhos, Llandysul, SA44 5HF
Received 7 Jul 2025Holly View, Thornhill Road, Cwmgwili, Llanelli, SA14 6PR
Received 8 Jul 2025Blaenplwyf House, Llanybydder, SA40 9SD
Received 8 Jul 2025Cwmffynnonau, Kidwelly, SA17 5AU
Received 9 Jul 2025Land part of Maesawelog, Drefach Velindre, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire, SA44 5YN
Received 8 Jul 2025Treasgell Canol, Parciau Bach Road, St Clears, Carmarthen, SA33 4LQ
Received 9 Jul 2025Nantego, Llangynog, Carmarthen, SA33 5HS
Received 8 Jul 2025Cwmban Fawr, Llanfynydd, Carmarthen, SA32 7UB
Received 9 Jul 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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