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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.
18,854 approved · 1,895 refused · 646 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 25 Aug 2009 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 20 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 Heol Ton Tonyrefail Porth CF39 8DB
Received 10 Apr 2019Pontnewydd Medical Centre Aber-Rhondda Road Porth CF39 0LD
Received 10 Apr 20192 Greys Place Merthyr Road Llwydcoed Aberdare CF44 0BJ
Received 9 Apr 201910 Tai Duffryn Nantgarw Taffs Well Cardiff CF15 7TS
Received 12 Jun 201913 Lantern Close Llanharan Pontyclun CF72 9ZB
Received 11 Jun 201935 Tudor Terrace Trecynon Aberdare CF44 8EB
Received 7 Jun 2019Land At Tynewydd Farm Mountain View Tynewydd Treherbert Treorchy CF42 5LU
Received 6 Jun 2019Unit 10P Old Edwards Coaches Newtown Industrial Estate Llantwit Fardre Pontypridd CF38 2EE
Received 24 May 2019Penuel Chapel High Street Llantrisant CF72 8BQ
Received 16 May 201951 High Street Gilfach Goch Porth CF39 8SR
Received 23 Apr 2019Land Between 25 - 36 Jestyn Street Porth
Received 8 Apr 2019Woodland Situated Near Coedcae Ind Est North West Of Pontyclun
Received 8 Apr 2019Land At Garth Works Industrial Estate And Taff's Well Railway Station West Of The A470
Received 8 Apr 2019Tylacoch Farm Tylacoch Place Treorchy CF42 6DH
Received 8 Apr 201974 Meadow Rise Brynna Pontyclun CF72 9TE
Received 8 Apr 2019Land Adjacent To No 16 Cymmer Road Porth CF39 9BL
Received 5 Apr 2019138 Trebanog Road Trebanog Porth CF39 9DT
Received 8 Apr 2019157 Coedpenmaen Close Pontypridd CF37 4LE
Received 8 Apr 20192 Tyler Hendy Miskin Pontyclun CF72 8QU
Received 5 Apr 2019Southgate Garage Cross Inn Road Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8AY
Received 5 Apr 2019Lletyshenkin House Cefnpennar Road Cwmbach Aberdare CF44 0EW
Received 5 Apr 2019The Eagle Southall Street Brynna Pontyclun CF72 9QH
Received 5 Apr 2019101 Ferndale Hotel Duffryn Street Ferndale CF43 4EL
Received 4 Apr 2019109 Newbridge Road Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8EY
Received 4 Apr 2019Records 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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