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Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
11,904Searchable applications
486Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 10,678 approved or refused records
814Refused applications

9,864 approved · 814 refused · 309 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 14 Jul 2017 to 7 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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More application records

  1. Decided25/0282/NMA

    Non-Material Amendment sought change of roof materials to composite slate to match neighbour's existing roof material of planning permission 22/1227/FUL.

    13 Tylacoch Llanharry Rhondda Cynon Taf CF72 9LS

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  2. Decided25/0284/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (9m Light Wooden Pole)

    Opposite 40 Yr Hendre Nantgarw Taff's Well Rhondda Cynon Taf CF15 7TG

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  3. Decided25/0285/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (9m Light Wooden Pole)

    Rear Of 54 Yr Hendre Nantgarw Taff's Well Rhondda Cynon Taf CF15 7TG

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  4. Decided25/0286/DIS

    Discharge of Condition 18 (Habitat Management Plan) of planning permission 24/0657/FUL

    Land At The Pavilions, To The South Of Darran Road Mountain Ash

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  5. Decided25/0287/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (9m Medium Wooden Pole)

    Llwynypia Primary School School Terrace Llwynypia Tonypandy Rhondda Cynon Taf CF40 2HL

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  6. Decided25/0288/FUL

    Install Conservatory to rear of the property.

    23 Glas-y-gors Cwm-bach Aberdâr Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 0BQ

    Received 10 Mar 2025
  7. Decided25/0289/FUL

    First floor flat roof extension over ground floor footprint (Amended Plans Rec. 14/07/25)

    12 King Street Cwmdare Aberdare Rhondda Cynon Taf CF44 8TR

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  8. Decided25/0290/DIS

    Discharge of conditions 4 (Validation Report), 6 (Kitchen Extraction Specification) and 7 (Grease Trap) of previously approved planning permission 23/0164/FUL

    Treforest Service Station Tonteg Road Treforest Industrial Estate Pontypridd CF37 5UA

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  9. Pending Decision25/0291/DNS

    The construction, operation and decommissioning of up to eight wind turbines and solar PV panels with battery storage facility and associated infrastructure/hardstanding

    Land To The North East Of Porth, South Of Llanwonno.

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  10. Decided25/0292/TEL

    Install broadband electronic communications apparatus (9M Light Wooden Pole)

    100 Shakespeare Rise Rhydyfelin Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 5HA

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  11. Decided25/0293/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (10M Medium Wooden Pole)

    39 Shakespeare Rise Rhydyfelin Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 5HB

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  12. Decided25/0294/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (9M Light Wooden Pole)

    90 Shakespeare Rise Rhydyfelin Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 5HA

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  13. Decided25/0295/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (8M Light Wooden Pole)

    36 Wordsworth Gardens Rhydyfelin Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 5HG

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  14. Decided25/0296/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (9M Light Wooden Pole)

    20 Wordsworth Gardens Rhydyfelin Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 5HG

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  15. Decided25/0297/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (9M Light Wooden Pole)

    10 Wordsworth Gardens Rhydyfelin Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 5HG

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  16. Decided25/0298/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (10M Light Wooden Pole)

    59 Wordsworth Gardens Rhydyfelin Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 5HF

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  17. Decided25/0299/TEL

    Intends to install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (10M Light Wooden Pole)

    28 Masefield Way Rhydyfelin Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 5HD

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  18. Decided25/0300/TEL

    Install fixed line broadband electronic communications apparatus (9m Medium Wooden Pole)

    40 Masefield Way Rhydyfelin Pontypridd Rhondda Cynon Taf CF37 5HD

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  19. Decided25/0301/FUL

    Proposed lateral extension to existing commercial garage.

    Riverside Garage Rear Of Mill Street Tonyrefail Rhondda Cynon Taf CF39 8AA

    Received 11 Mar 2025
  20. Decided25/0302/FUL

    Balcony on the side of the house measuring approximately 3.65m (Length) by 1.55m (Width). To replace rotten Balcony and extend the width to 1.9m

    33 Maywood Brynna Rhondda Cynon Taf CF72 9PZ

    Received 12 Mar 2025
  21. Decided25/0303/FUL

    Construction and operation of a micro energy storage project.

    Storm Front Unit 36 Ynyswen Industrial Estate Ynys-wen Treherbert Rhondda Cynon Taf CF42 6EP

    Received 12 Mar 2025
  22. Decided25/0304/DIS

    Discharge of condition 12 (Ecological Design Scheme) of planning permission 22/1100/15.

    Land To The Rear Of Delwen Terrace Blaencwm Treorchy CF42 5ED

    Received 12 Mar 2025
  23. Decided25/0305/FUL

    Proposed single storey extension to the rear of the property.

    80 Aber-rhondda Road Porth Rhondda Cynon Taf CF39 0AU

    Received 13 Mar 2025
  24. Decided25/0306/FUL

    Pre- Cast Garage within the curtilage of the property.

    The Little House On The Dairy Abercynon Road Abercynon Rhondda Cynon Taf CF45 4LY

    Received 14 Mar 2025

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What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough 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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