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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.
11,900 approved · 984 refused · 393 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 To The South Of Cross Street And Trafalgar Terrace Ystrad Pentre
Received 4 Oct 202252 Park Street Treforest Pontypridd CF37 1SL
Received 4 Oct 202272 The Dell Ton-Teg Pontypridd CF38 1TG
Received 4 Oct 2022Treetops 6 Brookfield Lane Pontypridd CF37 4DN
Received 3 Oct 20229 Aber-FFRWD Road Mountain Ash CF45 4AR
Received 3 Oct 202215 Pleasant Hill Ferndale CF43 4SE
Received 3 Oct 202245 Pinecroft Avenue CWM-Bach Aberdare CF44 0NB
Received 30 Sept 202227 The Avenue Pont-Y-Gwaith Ferndale CF43 3LN
Received 30 Sept 20227 Talbot Close Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8AS
Received 30 Sept 202218 Park Street Porth CF39 0DH
Received 30 Sept 20221 Carshalton Road Beddau Pontypridd CF38 2LH
Received 30 Sept 20227 Fountain Street Mountain Ash CF45 3PA
Received 29 Sept 2022Land At Rhiwfelin Fach Farm Llantrisant Road Ynysmaerdy Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8LQ
Received 29 Sept 20221 CWM Isaac Rhigos Aberdare CF44 9AX
Received 29 Sept 2022Tyn Coed Hir Lon Las Llwydcoed Aberdare CF44 0UP
Received 29 Sept 20226 Meadow Rise Brynna Pontyclun CF72 9TA
Received 29 Sept 2022Glyntaff Sidings Pentrebach Road Pontypridd
Received 29 Sept 202239 Vaughan Street Pontypridd CF37 1HR
Received 29 Sept 202215 Llys Coed Derw Llantwit Fardre Pontypridd CF38 2JB
Received 28 Sept 202213 The Rise Cwmdare Aberdare CF44 8BJ
Received 28 Sept 202232A Cowbridge Road Pont-Y-Clun Pontyclun CF72 9EE
Received 28 Sept 2022Land At Rhiwfelin Fach Farm Llantrisant Road Ynysmaerdy Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8LQ
Received 28 Sept 2022Maerdy Hub North Terrace Maerdy Ferndale CF43 4DD
Received 28 Sept 202281 Meadow Rise Brynna Pontyclun CF72 9TE
Received 28 Sept 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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