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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 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
12,140 approved · 1,002 refused · 404 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 28 Jul 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
10 Cae Alaw Goch CWM-Bach Aberdare CF44 0DR
Received 30 Jun 2022Unit 16 Earthmovers House Llantrisant Business Park Llantrisant Pont-Y-Clun Pontyclun CF72 8LF
Received 30 Jun 20222 Tredegar Close Llanharan Pontyclun CF72 9QU
Received 30 Jun 20227 Cae Cadno Church Village Pontypridd CF38 1UL
Received 29 Jun 2022Texaco Abercynon Service Station A470 Northbound Abercynon CF45 4YX
Received 29 Jun 202211 Cymric Close Hirwaun Aberdare CF44 9LH
Received 29 Jun 2022Martyndale 7 Heol Dowlais Efail Isaf Pontypridd CF38 1BB
Received 29 Jun 2022The Cottage 1 Church Lane Taff's Well Cardiff CF15 7TQ
Received 28 Jun 2022Plot 2 Development Site Penderyn Road To Challis Row Hirwaun CF44 9SH
Received 28 Jun 2022Glan Y FFRWD Penrhiwfer Road Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8EY
Received 28 Jun 20229 Chapel Street Wattstown Porth CF39 0PU
Received 28 Jun 202232 Miskin Street Tynewydd Treherbert Treorchy CF42 5LP
Received 28 Jun 202288A Dunraven Street Tonypandy CF40 1AP
Received 28 Jun 2022Former Hillside Country Club Collenna Farm Tonyrefail CF39 8AX
Received 28 Jun 2022Land Behind Brook Street Blaenrhondda CF42 5SF
Received 28 Jun 2022Home Bargains Midway Park Upper Boat Pontypridd CF37 5BL
Received 27 Jun 2022Home Bargains Midway Park Upper Boat Pontypridd CF37 5BL
Received 27 Jun 202292 Alexon Way Hawthorn Pontypridd CF37 5BN
Received 27 Jun 20223 Pleasant Heights Porth CF39 0LZ
Received 27 Jun 202222 Heol Yr Onnen Llanharry Pontyclun CF72 9NJ
Received 24 Jun 2022Land East Of East Street Tylorstown Glynrhedynog CF43 3HR
Received 23 Jun 2022Lidl Cae Mawr Industrial Estate Treorchy CF42 6EJ
Received 23 Jun 2022Land To The Rear Of Railway Terrace CWM-Parc Treorchy
Received 23 Jun 2022Land To The Rear Of 28 -30 Railway Terrace CWM-Parc Treorchy
Received 23 Jun 2022Records 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 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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