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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.
12,526 approved · 1,031 refused · 420 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 22 Apr 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 At Garth Works Industrial Estate And Taffs Well Railway Station Cardiff Road Taff's Well Cardiff CF15 7PE
Received 8 Feb 20225 Cypress Court Cwmdare Aberdare CF44 8YB
Received 8 Feb 202263 Ty-Draw Church Village Pontypridd CF38 1UF
Received 8 Feb 20228 & 9 Brook Street Williamstown Tonypandy CF40 1RB
Received 8 Feb 2022194 Ynysddu Pont-Y-Clun Pontyclun CF72 9UD
Received 8 Feb 20224 Whiterock Close Graig-Wen Pontypridd CF37 2EN
Received 8 Feb 202217 Church Road Penrhiw-Fer Tonypandy CF40 1RY
Received 8 Feb 202242 Carn Celyn Beddau Pontypridd CF38 2TF
Received 7 Feb 202231 Albert Street Pentre CF41 7JR
Received 7 Feb 20221 Oakbrook Drive Hirwaun Aberdare CF44 9QS
Received 7 Feb 2022Land Opposite 10 Gwernllwyn Terrace Tylorstown Ferndale CF43 3DP
Received 7 Feb 202211 Argyle Terrace Llwynypia Tonypandy CF40 2JA
Received 7 Feb 2022Woodlands 111 Talbot Road Talbot Green Pontyclun CF72 8AH
Received 7 Feb 202251 - 52 Ystrad Road Pentre CF41 7PH
Received 7 Feb 2022Unit A Waldron UK Ltd Parc Eirin Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8WA
Received 3 Feb 202214 Larch Drive Cross Inn Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8NL
Received 3 Feb 2022Land Off Gilfach Road West Of Trane Cemetery Tonyrefail Porth
Received 3 Feb 20221 Rose Cottage Station Road Trealaw Tonypandy CF40 2PL
Received 3 Feb 202234 Heol Dinas Isaf Williamstown Tonypandy CF40 1NG
Received 2 Feb 202211 Portreeve Close Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8DU
Received 2 Feb 2022Bullring Barn Newbridge Road Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8EY
Received 2 Feb 2022Roundabout At Cross Inn A473 Llantrisant
Received 1 Feb 2022Roundabout At Talbot Green Retail Park
Received 1 Feb 2022Plot A Land Adjacent To Felindre Meadows Llanharan Pencoed
Received 1 Feb 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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