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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.
12,349 approved · 1,017 refused · 413 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Jun 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
9 Llangorse Road CWM-Bach Aberdare CF44 0HS
Received 25 Apr 202212 Fardre Court Church Village Pontypridd CF38 1DG
Received 25 Apr 2022Forest View Bungalow Brook Street Treforest Pontypridd CF37 1TW
Received 25 Apr 202232 Parkdale View Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8DT
Received 25 Apr 20226 Pant-Y-Seren Thomastown Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8DX
Received 25 Apr 202215 Llest Terrace Llantwit Fardre Pontypridd CF38 2HH
Received 25 Apr 20223 Red Cow Cottages Llantrisant Road Groes-Faen Pont-Y-Clun Pontyclun CF72 8NT
Received 25 Apr 2022Banks Barbers 5 Main Road Church Village Pontypridd CF38 1PY
Received 23 Apr 2022Plot C5 Land At Former Coed Ely Colliery Off The A4119 Coed Ely
Received 22 Apr 20221 James Street Treorchy CF42 6PH
Received 22 Apr 2022Springfield House Grovers Close Glyn-Coch Pontypridd CF37 3DF
Received 22 Apr 20224 Sycamore Drive Trealaw Tonypandy CF40 2PZ
Received 22 Apr 202241 Clos Ynysddu Pont-Y-Clun Pontyclun CF72 9WQ
Received 22 Apr 2022One Stop Shop Church Road Pentre CF41 7ED
Received 22 Apr 2022Land At Mynydd Y Glyn Trebanog Porth
Received 22 Apr 202236 Aber-Rhondda Road Porth CF39 0BB
Received 22 Apr 2022Land Off B4275 Aberaman Aberdare CF44 6LJ
Received 21 Apr 2022Land At The South West Side Of Williams Place Adjacent Upper Boat Interchange (A473)
Received 21 Apr 2022Brown Lennox Retail Park Ynysangharad Road Pontypridd
Received 22 Apr 2022118 High Street Cymer Porth CF39 9EU
Received 21 Apr 2022122 - 126 Dunraven Street Tonypandy CF40 1QD
Received 21 Apr 2022Land At Bodwenarth Farm Albion Court Cilfynydd Pontypridd CF37 4JA
Received 21 Apr 2022Three G Pitch University Of South Wales Sports Park Main Avenue Treforest Industrial Estate Pontypridd
Received 20 Apr 2022The Hollies Meadow Lane Hendreforgan Gilfach-Goch Porth CF39 8TE
Received 19 Apr 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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