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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 dates13,292Searchable applications
493Recorded as pending
92%Approval rate · 11,965 approved or refused records
916Refused applications
11,049 approved · 916 refused · 365 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Jul 2016 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning ApplicationsLocal plan Revised Local Development Plan 2022 - 2037Pre-application advice Planning - Pre-application advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriesplanningservices@rctcbc.gov.ukCouncil source
- Planning enquiriesPlanningServices@rctcbc.gov.ukCouncil source
- General council enquiriesdevelopmentcontrolenforcement@rctcbc.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas16 mapped area records
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More application records
- Pending Decision24/0354/FUL
Single storey garage to side and rear elevations.
57 Cadwal Court Llantwit Fardre Pontypridd CF38 2FA
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0353/ADV
High level signs to front, side & rear elevations, replacement panels to existing double sided totem pole and loading bay sign to rear elevation together with vinyls/graphics to internal face of windows/doors
Unit 13 Argos Extra Newpark District Shopping Centre Talbot Green Pontyclun CF72 8LW
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0352/FUL
Garden / games room.
15 Cottesmore Way Cross Inn Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8BG
Received 9 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0351/FUL
Development of 2no. residential dwellings and associated works
Land At Summerfield House Plasdraw Place Aber-Nant Aberdare CF44 0NS
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0350/FUL
Single storey side extension. Lift the height of the building to accommodate attic conversion including rear flat roof dormer.
Oak View Bungalow Incline Top Abercynon Mountain Ash CF45 4EL
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0349/CPRO
Single storey rear extension.
30 Windsor Drive Miskin Pont-Y-Clun Pontyclun CF72 8SH
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0348/FUL
Installation of two rapid electric vehicle charging stations and ancillary equipment within the car park, three parking spaces will become EV charging bays.
McDonalds Restaurant Llwynypia Road Llwynypia Tonypandy CF40 2JQ
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0346/FUL
Installation of an air source heat pump.
5 Greys Place Merthyr Road Llwydcoed Aberdare CF44 0BJ
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0345/NMA
Non-material amendment to 10/1172/10 - solar PV panels to the roof
Former Ymca Building Pontypridd Road Porth
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Pending Decision24/0344/FUL
Proposed dwelling.
Land Adj To 1 Llwyncelyn Parc Porth
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0343/FUL
Single storey extension to front & alterations to window and door openings.
13 St Davids Road Miskin Pont-Y-Clun CF72 8PW
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0342/FUL
Development of Class B2 and/or Class B8 units, access, car parking, landscaping and associated works
Plot E Felindre Meadows Llanharan Pencoed
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0341/HYB
Hybrid application seeking part full, part outline consent for the severable phased erection of units for use within classes B1 or B2 or B8 (including trade counter) and ancillary uses. (Flood Statement, SuDS Ecology Strategy, Drainage Layout, Planting Schedule and Swept Path Analysis received 22nd April 2024. Revised Site Layout Plan, Drainage and Access Details, Landscaping Plan received 17th October 2024)
Land Off Wilfried Way Tonyrefail
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0340/FUL
Single storey rear extension
36 Beech Wood Drive Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8JE
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0339/FUL
Single storey rear extension
3 Lanelay Close Talbot Green Pontyclun CF72 8JA
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0338/FUL
Garage conversion, roof replacement
11 Squires Court Beddau Pontypridd CF38 2JY
Received 8 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0337/TEL
Install fixed line broadband apparatus - 1 x 10m light pole
71 Ton Row Tonpentre Pentre CF41 7AW
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0336/TEL
Install fixed line broadband apparatus - 2 x 11m medium poles
Cheriton Grove Ton-Teg
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0335/FUL
Proposed two storey extension.
6 Beadon Street Mountain Ash CF45 3RP
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0334/NMA
Non-Material Amendment to remove Condition 6 of planning permission 23/1285/10
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Felindre Meadows Llanharan Pencoed Bridgend CF35 5PZ
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0332/FUL
Erect a small public monument to those who lost their lives in the Albion Colliery Disaster of 1894. The monument will consist of a restored coal dram sited on brick with a tarmac path and metal railings.
Land Adjacent To Cilfynydd War Memorial Cilfynydd Road Cilfynydd Pontypridd
Received 5 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0330/FUL
Change of use from ex financial services to residential.
146 Bute Street Treherbert Rhondda Cynon Taf CF42 5PD
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0329/RVOC
Removal of conditions 4 and 5 of original planning permission 19/0006/10.
The Old Forge Cafe Parish Road Taff's Well Cardiff CF15 7RP
Received 4 Apr 2024 - Decided24/0327/FUL
Proposed bungalow with parking within curtilage of Trontreath Fach.
Trontreath Fach 1 Elizabeth Street Thomastown Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8DT
Received 3 Apr 2024
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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