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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.
12,902 approved · 1,052 refused · 434 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Jan 2015 to 9 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
24 Pen-Y-Groes Groes-Faen Pont-Y-Clun Pontyclun CF72 8PA
Received 21 Oct 2021Tan Y Coed Llandraw Woods Maesycoed Pontypridd CF37 1EX
Received 21 Oct 202131 Cadwaladr Street Mountain Ash CF45 3RD
Received 21 Oct 202143 The Paddocks Church Village Pontypridd CF38 1TL
Received 21 Oct 2021Brynheulog Brynhyfryd Place Tower Street Treforest Pontypridd CF37 1NP
Received 20 Oct 202129 Ynysangharad Road Pontypridd CF37 4DA
Received 20 Oct 202121 Bluebell Drive Llanharan Pontyclun CF72 9UN
Received 20 Oct 2021Unit 1 B And Q Plc Superstore Brown Lennox Retail Park Ynysangharad Road Pontypridd CF37 4DA
Received 20 Oct 2021Computing Wales 19 Market Street Pontypridd CF37 2ST
Received 20 Oct 202118 Dunraven Street Treherbert Treorchy CF42 5BG
Received 20 Oct 202119 Forest Hills Drive Talbot Green Pontyclun CF72 8JB
Received 19 Oct 2021Y Derw Incline Top Abercynon Mountain Ash CF45 4EW
Received 19 Oct 202124 Cemetery Road Porth CF39 0BH
Received 19 Oct 2021South Wales Fire And Rescue Treorchy Station Bute Street Treorchy CF42 6DB
Received 19 Oct 2021Holmdene Vicarage Road Pen-Y-Graig Tonypandy CF40 1HP
Received 19 Oct 202115 Cae Fardre Church Village Pontypridd CF38 1DR
Received 19 Oct 202152 Clos Myddlyn Beddau Pontypridd CF38 2JT
Received 19 Oct 2021Brookfield House Cardiff Road Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8PR
Received 19 Oct 202145 Whiterock Drive Graig-Wen Pontypridd CF37 2HA
Received 18 Oct 202133 Coniston Rise CWM-Bach Aberdare CF44 0HN
Received 15 Oct 202177 Gadlys Road Gadlys Aberdare CF44 8AD
Received 15 Oct 2021Pen Y Cymoedd Wind Farm Treherbert Road Treherbert Treorchy CF42 3SX
Received 8 Sept 2021Riverside Farm Road Aberaman Aberdare CF44 6LJ
Received 14 Oct 202125 King Street Cwmdare Aberdare CF44 8TR
Received 15 Oct 2021Records 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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